Absolute path traversal vulnerability in proxy.php in the google currency lookup in the Paypal Currency Converter Basic For WooCommerce plugin before 1.4 for WordPress allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a full pathname in the requrl parameter.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2015-5065 is rated High Exploit Risk (64/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 35.40%, 97th percentile). Core evidence: 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37253 | exploit_db | edb | 2015-06-10 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ | |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
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 | 2026-03-29 | 41.34% | 35.40% | -5.94% |
| 2 | 2025-05-22 | 26.38% | 41.34% | +14.96% |
| 3 | 2025-03-30 | — | 26.38% | — |
Full EPSS history (13 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.0 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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10.0 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| intelligent-it | paypal_currency_converter_basic_for_woocommerce | < 1.4 | cpe:2.3:a:intelligent-it:paypal_currency_converter_basic_for_woocommerce:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132278/WordPress-Paypal-Currency-Converter-Basic-For-Woocommerce-1.3-File-Read.html | Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75416 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
| https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/1179092/paypal-currency-converter-basic-for-woocommerce | Third Party Advisory |
| https://wordpress.org/plugins/paypal-currency-converter-basic-for-woocommerce/changelog/ | Patch Third Party Advisory |
| https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37253/ | Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |