Path Traversal in Thecartpress Ecommerce Shopping Cart
CVE-2015-3301
Directory traversal vulnerability in the TheCartPress eCommerce Shopping Cart (aka The Professional WordPress eCommerce Plugin) plugin for WordPress before 1.3.9.3 allows remote administrators to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the tcp_box_path parameter in the checkout_editor_settings page to wp-admin/admin.php.
Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.091 (95.2th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 95th percentile — 95.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.091 · newest: 0.091 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23254 (Exploit)
- wordpress.org/plugins/thecartpress/changelog/ (Patch)
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/131673/WordPress-TheCartPress-1.3.9-XSS-Local-Fil… (Exploit)
- osvdb.org/show/osvdb/121439 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/74395 (vdb-entry)
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36860/ (Exploit, exploit)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/535396/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2015-3301?
- CVE-2015-3301 is a vulnerability in Thecartpress Ecommerce Shopping Cart, classified under Path Traversal. Published 2015-05-14.
- Is CVE-2015-3301 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.