CVE-2015-9538
The NextGEN Gallery plugin before 2.1.15 for WordPress allows ../ Directory Traversal in path...
The NextGEN Gallery plugin before 2.1.15 for WordPress allows ../ Directory Traversal in path selection.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The NextGEN Gallery plugin before 2.1.15 for WordPress allows ../ Directory Traversal in path selection.
- Record
CVE-2015-9538- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
The NextGEN Gallery plugin before 2.1.15 for WordPress allows ../ Directory Traversal in path selection.
- Record
CVE-2015-9538- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2015-9378 No score
The NextGEN Gallery plugin before 2.1.15 for WordPress allows ../ Directory Traversal in path selection.
- Record
EUVD-2015-9378- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-79vh-xfm8-gxmr No score
The NextGEN Gallery plugin before 2.1.15 for WordPress allows ../ Directory Traversal in path...
The NextGEN Gallery plugin before 2.1.15 for WordPress allows ../ Directory Traversal in path selection.
- Record
GHSA-79vh-xfm8-gxmr- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Metasploit | WordPress NextGEN Gallery Directory Read Vulnerability |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, Metasploit, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2015-9538 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Imagely Nextgen Gallery, published November 26, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 10.1%, the 95th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
wordpress.org/plugins/nextgen-gallery
github.com/cybersecurityworks/Disclosed/issues/2
packetstormsecurity.com/files/135114/WordPress-NextGEN-Gallery-2.1.15-Cross-Site-Scripting-Path-Traversal.html
cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2015080165
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/28/4
cybersecurityworks.com/zerodays/cve-2015-9538-nextgen.html
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-9538