CVE-2015-8351
PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in the Gwolle Guestbook plugin before 1.5.4 for WordPress, when allow_url_include is enabled,…
- 9.0CriticalCVSS base score
- 37.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.5% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in the Gwolle Guestbook plugin before 1.5.4 for WordPress, when allow_url_include is enabled, allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the abspath parameter to frontend/captcha/ajaxresponse.php. NOTE: this can also be leveraged to include and execute arbitrary local files via directory traversal sequences regardless of whether allow_url_include is enabled.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits2
Exploit-DB1 entry
- WordPress Plugin Gwolle Guestbook 1.5.3 - Remote File Inclusion (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 38861webapps, phppublished 3 Dec 2015Not verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 38861 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 22 months later
· 22 months later
Published
- 7 years later
· 7 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 | 3.0 | Critical9.0 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 37.0% · top 1.5% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
5
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/gwolle-gb/changelog/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23275 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 38861 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 20151202 Remote File Inclusion in Gwolle Guestbook WordPress Plugin (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134599/WordPress-Gwolle-Guestbook-1.5.3-Remote-File-Inclusion.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_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-2015-8235 (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-2015-8351)Record last updated .