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CVE-2015-9480
published 2019-10-10

CVE-2015-9480: The RobotCPA plugin 5 for WordPress has directory traversal via the f.php l parameter.

PriorityP277high7.5CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRNUINSUCHINAN
ITWEXPLOITVulnCheck KEV
Exploited in the wild
EPSS
12.57%
95.7th percentile
The RobotCPA plugin 5 for WordPress has directory traversal via the f.php l parameter.

Affected

1 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
robot-cparobotcpa

Detection & IOCsextracted from sources · hover to see the quote

url/wp-content/plugins/robotcpa/f.php?l=ZmlsZTovLy9ldGMvcGFzc3dk
path/wp-content/plugins/robotcpa/f.php
  • Exploit payload uses base64-encoded 'file:///etc/passwd' (ZmlsZTovLy9ldGMvcGFzc3dk) as the value of the 'l' parameter in f.php, indicating a file:// wrapper LFI attempt.
  • Successful exploitation is confirmed by the presence of 'root:.*:0:0:' pattern in the HTTP response body with a 200 status code, indicating /etc/passwd file disclosure.
  • Google dork 'inurl:"/wp-content/plugins/robotcpa"' can be used to identify potentially vulnerable WordPress installations.
  • ·The directory traversal is triggered via the 'l' parameter of f.php, which accepts a base64-encoded file path (including file:// wrapper), suggesting the plugin decodes and directly opens the supplied path.

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
nvdv2.05.0MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
vulncheck7.5HIGH
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