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.

CVSS v3.0

9.0 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0

6.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS

37.03% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 98th percentile

Published

2017-09-11

Updated

2024-08-06

Proof-of-concept exploits (6)

• G01d3nW01f/CVE-2015-83511★ · 2021-08-09
• G4sp4rCS/exploit-CVE-2015-83512★ · 2023-05-08
• Ki11i0n4ir3/CVE-2015-83511★ · 2021-08-09
• Philip-Otter/CVE-2015-8351_Otter_Remix0★ · 2025-08-22
• Taitur/Gwolle-gb0★ · 2024-10-18
• igruntplay/exploit-CVE-2015-83512★ · 2023-05-08

ExploitDB entries (1)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38861

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

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