CVE-2015-5469

Absolute path traversal vulnerability in the MDC YouTube Downloader plugin 2.1.0 for WordPress allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a full pathname in the file parameter to includes/download.php.

CVSS v3 7.5 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM

7.5^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

5.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/07/1	Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/10/5	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.vapid.dhs.org/advisory.php?v=133	Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/07/1	Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/10/5	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.vapid.dhs.org/advisory.php?v=133	Exploit Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:mdc_youtube_downloader_project:mdc_youtube_downloader:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2017-05-23 04:29

Updated : 2025-04-20 01:37

NVD link : CVE-2015-5469

Mitre link : CVE-2015-5469

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2015-5469

JSON object : View

Products Affected

mdc_youtube_downloader_project

mdc_youtube_downloader

CWE

CWE-22

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

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