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.

• CWE-22

• 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

Published

Jan 12, 2016

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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