CVE-2015-8351

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.

Score

CVSS 3.0 9.0 Critical

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2017-09-11

Last modified

2024-08-06

Weaknesses

CWE-94

Affected products

• Gwolle Guestbook (Gwolle Guestbook Project)

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134599/WordPress-Gwolle-Guestbook-1.5.3-Remote-File-Inclusion.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537020/100/0/threaded
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/gwolle-gb/changelog/
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38861/
• https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23275