CVE-2015-8351 is a critical remote file inclusion vulnerability affecting the Gwolle Guestbook plugin for WordPress, specifically versions prior to 1.5.4. This flaw allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary PHP code by manipulating the 'abspath' parameter in 'frontend/captcha/ajaxresponse.php', particularly when 'allow_url_include' is enabled. The vulnerability carries a CVSS v3 score of 9.0 (CRITICAL) due to its network-based attack vector, high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, and low attack complexity. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, an exploit is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of widespread active exploitation or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.5.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gwolle_guestbook_project:gwolle_guestbook:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.4 Reddit, 1.2 Bluesky, 0.9 Mastodon, and 2.3 GitHub mentions.
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.8 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.