CVE-2015-1579
Directory traversal vulnerability in the Elegant Themes Divi theme for WordPress allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a ..…
- 5.0MediumCVSS base score
- 20.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 2.4% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in the Elegant Themes Divi theme for WordPress allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the img parameter in a revslider_show_image action to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php. NOTE: this vulnerability may be a duplicate of CVE-2014-9734.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Nuclei template and 2 Exploit-DB entries for it. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits4
Nuclei templates1 template
- WordPress Slider Revolution - Local File Disclosure (Nuclei template) (opens in a new tab)
http/cves/2015/CVE-2015-1579.yamlSeverity medium
Exploit-DB2 entries
- WordPress Plugin Slider REvolution 4.1.4 - Arbitrary File Download (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 36554webapps, phppublished 30 Mar 2015Not verified
- Mulitple WordPress Themes - 'admin-ajax.php?img' Arbitrary File Download (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 34511webapps, phppublished 1 Sept 2014Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 36039 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
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Published
- 9 years later
· 9 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 20.9% · top 2.4% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
2
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/7540 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 36039 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2015-1711 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2015-1579)Record last updated .