What is CVE-2015-6522?

CVE-2015-6522 is a vulnerability in Wpsymposium Wp Symposium, classified under SQL Injection. Published 2015-08-19.

Is CVE-2015-6522 known to be exploited?

6 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

SQL Injection in Wpsymposium Wp Symposium

CVE-2015-6522

SQL injection vulnerability in the WP Symposium plugin before 15.8 for WordPress allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the size parameter to get_album_item.php.

Vulnerability class: SQL Injection

Published 2015-08-19 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.741 (99.5th percentile), scored 2026-10-19.

High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 99th percentile — 99.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.741 · newest: 0.741 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Wpsymposium Wp Symposium

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-89 — SQL Injection

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37824/ (Exploit, exploit)
wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8140 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-6522?: CVE-2015-6522 is a vulnerability in Wpsymposium Wp Symposium, classified under SQL Injection. Published 2015-08-19.
Is CVE-2015-6522 known to be exploited?: 6 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.