CVE-2015-3301

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in the TheCartPress eCommerce Shopping Cart (aka The Professional WordPress eCommerce Plugin) plugin for WordPress before 1.3.9.3 allows remote administrators to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the tcp_box_path parameter in the checkout_editor_settings page to wp-admin/admin.php.

Published: 2015-05-14 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2015-3301 is rated High Exploit Risk (60.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 14.40%, 94th percentile). 4 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2015-3301

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
36860 exploit_db edb 2015-04-29 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-3301

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-05-18 17.55% 14.40% -3.15%
2 2025-03-30 36.25% 17.55% -18.70%
3 2025-03-29 — 36.25% —

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-3301

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 8.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2015-3301

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-3301

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
thecartpress thecartpress_ecommerce_shopping_cart <= 1.3.9 cpe:2.3:a:thecartpress:thecartpress_ecommerce_shopping_cart:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

References for CVE-2015-3301

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