CVE-2015-8351

9.0 criticalEPSS 37%

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in the Gwolle Guestbook plugin before 1.5.4 for WordPress, when allow_url_include is enabled, allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the abspath parameter to frontend/captcha/ajaxresponse.php. NOTE: this can also be leveraged to include and execute arbitrary local files via directory traversal sequences regardless of whether allow_url_include is enabled.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

9.0 critical

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 37% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 98% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-94
Published: 2017-09-11
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

gwolle_guestbook_project:gwolle_guestbook

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134599/WordPress-Gwolle-Guestbook-1.5.3-Remote-File-Inclusion.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537020/100/0/threaded
https://wordpress.org/plugins/gwolle-gb/changelog/
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38861/
https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23275

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