CVE-2015-4694
Directory traversal vulnerability in download.php in the Zip Attachments plugin before 1.5.1 for WordPress allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a ..
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 15.6%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in download.php in the Zip Attachments plugin before 1.5.1 for WordPress allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the za_file parameter.
- CVSS 3.0
- 8.6 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 15.65% probability · 97th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Affected
- zip attachments project/zip attachments
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS moved from 8.9% on 21 September 2026 to 15.6% on 4 November 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/12/4Exploit
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/21/2Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75211
- http://www.vapid.dhs.org/advisory.php?v=126Exploit
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/zip-attachments/changelog/Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://wordpress.org/support/topic/zip-attachments-wordpress-plugin-v114-arbitrary-file-download-vulnerability?replies=1
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8047
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/12/4Exploit
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/21/2Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75211
- http://www.vapid.dhs.org/advisory.php?v=126Exploit
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/zip-attachments/changelog/Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://wordpress.org/support/topic/zip-attachments-wordpress-plugin-v114-arbitrary-file-download-vulnerability?replies=1
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8047
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.