CVE-2015-5469
Absolute path traversal vulnerability in the MDC YouTube Downloader plugin 2.1.0 for WordPress allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a full pathname in the file parameter to includes/download.php.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 10.1%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Absolute path traversal vulnerability in the MDC YouTube Downloader plugin 2.1.0 for WordPress allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a full pathname in the file parameter to includes/download.php.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 10.15% probability · 96th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Affected
- mdc youtube downloader project/mdc youtube downloader
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS moved from 5.9% on 21 September 2026 to 10.1% 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/2015/07/07/1Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/10/5Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vapid.dhs.org/advisory.php?v=133Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/07/1Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/10/5Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vapid.dhs.org/advisory.php?v=133Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.