VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2015-8351

CVSS score9 CRITICAL
EPSS probability37.03%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-09-11
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in the Gwolle Guestbook plugin before 1.5.4 for WordPress, when allow_url_include is enabled, allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the abspath parameter to frontend/captcha/ajaxresponse.php. NOTE: this can also be leveraged to include and execute arbitrary local files via directory traversal sequences regardless of whether allow_url_include is enabled.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

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