CVE-2015-7683 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Absolute path traversal vulnerability in Font.php in the Font plugin before 7.5.1 for WordPress allows remote administrators to read arbitrary files via a full pathname in the url parameter to AjaxProxy.php.

Published: 2015-10-16

Score: 4.0 Medium

EPSS: 5.0% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:font_project:font:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2015-7585	Absolute path traversal vulnerability in Font.php in the Font plugin before 7.5.1 for WordPress allows remote administrators to read arbitrary files via a full pathname in the url parameter to AjaxProxy.php.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.05003.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133930/WordPress-Font-7.5-Path-Traversal.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/536670/100/0/threaded
https://wordpress.org/plugins/font/changelog/
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8214

History

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Subscriptions

Font Project Font

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2015-10-16T20:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T07:58:59.681Z

Reserved: 2015-10-02T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-7683

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2015-10-16T20:59:16.810

Modified: 2026-06-17T00:32:57.823

Link: CVE-2015-7683

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-22
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

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