What is CVE-2015-7683?

CVE-2015-7683 is a vulnerability in Font Project, classified under Path Traversal. Published 2015-10-16.

Is CVE-2015-7683 known to be exploited?

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

Path Traversal in Font Project

CVE-2015-7683

Absolute path traversal vulnerability in Font.php in the Font plugin before 7.5.1 for WordPress allows remote administrators to read arbitrary files via a full pathname in the url parameter to AjaxProxy.php.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published 2015-10-16 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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: 0.050 (92.0th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 92nd percentile — 92.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.050 · newest: 0.050 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Font Project

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8214
packetstormsecurity.com/files/133930/WordPress-Font-7.5-Path-Traversal.html (Exploit)
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/536670/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
wordpress.org/plugins/font/changelog/ (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-7683?: CVE-2015-7683 is a vulnerability in Font Project, classified under Path Traversal. Published 2015-10-16.
Is CVE-2015-7683 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.