CVE-2015-4694

Severity: high (CVSS 8.6 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 15.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2016-01-08 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in download.php in the Zip Attachments plugin before 1.5.1 for WordPress allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the za_file parameter.

Affected products

Zip Attachments Project Zip Attachments: through 1.5

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/12/4
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/21/2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75211
http://www.vapid.dhs.org/advisory.php?v=126
https://wordpress.org/plugins/zip-attachments/changelog/
https://wordpress.org/support/topic/zip-attachments-wordpress-plugin-v114-arbitrary-file-download-vulnerability?replies=1
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8047
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/12/4
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/21/2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75211
http://www.vapid.dhs.org/advisory.php?v=126
https://wordpress.org/plugins/zip-attachments/changelog/

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