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CVE-2015-4153

Directory traversal vulnerability in the zM Ajax Login & Register plugin before 1.1.0 for WordPress allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary php files via a relative path in the template parameter in a load_template action to…

EXPLOITMEDIUM 5.0EPSS 13.3%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 13.3%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the zM Ajax Login & Register plugin before 1.1.0 for WordPress allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary php files via a relative path in the template parameter in a load_template action to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php.

CVSS 2.0
5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
EPSS
13.31% probability · 96th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · first 4 June 2015
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-22
Affected
zanematthew/zm ajax login \& register
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%8%15%4 November 2026: 13.31%4 November 20264 November 2026

EPSS 13.3% since 4 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Public exploits (1)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-37200source ↗WordPress Plugin zM Ajax Login & Register 1.0.9 - Local File Inclusionphp · Panagiotis Vagenaswebapps4 June 2015no

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.