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CVE-2015-6522

76
FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-6522 is a critical SQL injection vulnerability affecting the WP Symposium plugin for WordPress, specifically versions prior to 15.8. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this flaw by manipulating the "size" parameter in get_album_item.php, leading to the execution of arbitrary SQL commands. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High) and a FAUCET Risk Score of 99/100, this vulnerability allows for potential compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected system. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit code exists, including a Metasploit module and an ExploitDB entry, indicating readily available tools for exploitation. Despite the availability of exploits, there is no evidence of widespread active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 15.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wpsymposium:wp_symposium:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
74.13%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: WordPress Symposium Plugin SQL Injection · Aug 18, 2015
ExploitDB: EDB-37824 · Aug 18, 2015
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.7413 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 51,553 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

wpvulndb.com / vulnerabilities/8140
ExploitThird Party Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/37824
Exploit