CVE-2015-5471
Absolute path traversal vulnerability in include/user/download.php in the Swim Team plugin 1.44.10777 for WordPress allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a full pathname in the file parameter.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 32.5%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Absolute path traversal vulnerability in include/user/download.php in the Swim Team plugin 1.44.10777 for WordPress allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a full pathname in the file parameter.
- CVSS 3.0
- 5.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 32.48% probability · 98th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 13 July 2015
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Affected
- swim team project/swim team
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS moved from 20.9% on 21 September 2026 to 32.5% on 4 November 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
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.
References
- http://michaelwalsh.org/blog/2015/07/wp-swimteam-v1-45-beta-3-now-available/
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132653/WordPress-WP-SwimTeam-1.44.10777-Arbitrary-File-Download.htmlExploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75600
- http://www.vapid.dhs.org/advisory.php?v=134Exploit
- https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-vulnerability-6Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8071Exploit
- http://michaelwalsh.org/blog/2015/07/wp-swimteam-v1-45-beta-3-now-available/
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132653/WordPress-WP-SwimTeam-1.44.10777-Arbitrary-File-Download.htmlExploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75600
- http://www.vapid.dhs.org/advisory.php?v=134Exploit
- https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-vulnerability-6Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8071Exploit
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.