CVE-2015-5468

HIGH EXPLOITED

WP e-Commerce Shop Styling <2.6 - Path Traversal

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

CVE-2015-5468 has been observed exploited in the wild (reported by VulnCheck KEV). EIP tracks 1 public exploit from researchers including Larry W. Cashdollar.

AI-analyzed exploit summary The exploit demonstrates a directory traversal vulnerability in the WordPress plugin wp-ecommerce-shop-styling v2.5, allowing unauthorized download of system files via unsanitized user input in the 'filename' parameter.

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the WP e-Commerce Shop Styling plugin before 2.6 for WordPress allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the filename parameter to includes/download.php.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Larry W. Cashdollar · textwebappsphp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37530

The exploit demonstrates a directory traversal vulnerability in the WordPress plugin wp-ecommerce-shop-styling v2.5, allowing unauthorized download of system files via unsanitized user input in the 'filename' parameter.

Classification
Working Poc 100%
Attack Type
Info Leak
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: wp-ecommerce-shop-styling v2.5
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to the vulnerable plugin endpoint
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Release Notes, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-ecommerce-shop-styling/#developers
Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry x_refsource_misc
http://www.vapid.dhs.org/advisory.php?v=136
Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/10/4
Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/06/19

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.2409
EPSS Percentile 97.6%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Details

VulnCheck KEV 2020-06-03
CWE
CWE-22
Status published
Products (1)
wpshopstyling/wp_e-commerce_shop_styling < 2.5
Published May 23, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026