CVE-2015-5069

The (1) filesystem::get_wml_location function in filesystem.cpp and (2) is_legal_file function in filesystem_boost.cpp in Battle for Wesnoth before 1.12.3 and 1.13.x before 1.13.1 allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via vectors related to inclusion of .pbl files from WML.

Published: 2017-09-26 Last update: 2026-05-13 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2015-5069 is rated Moderate Risk (41.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.67%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-5069

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 2025-12-18 0.78% 0.67% -0.11%
2 2025-03-30 0.90% 0.78% -0.12%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.90% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-5069

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 3.0 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 2.8 1.4 [email protected]
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-2015-5069

OS Trackers for CVE-2015-5069

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2015-5069 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (wesnoth-1.10, wesnoth-1.12), 26 status rows across 13 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, precise, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): DNE 14, ignored 7, not-affected 3, needed 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5069

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-5069

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
wesnoth battle_for_wesnoth <= 1.12.2 cpe:2.3:a:wesnoth:battle_for_wesnoth:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wesnoth battle_for_wesnoth 1.13.0 cpe:2.3:a:wesnoth:battle_for_wesnoth:1.13.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 21 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 22 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-5069

URL Tags
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-July/161722.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-July/161752.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/25/12 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75424 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1236010 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://github.com/wesnoth/wesnoth/commit/f8914468182e8d0a1551b430c0879ba236fe4d6d Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/wesnoth/wesnoth/releases/tag/1.12.3 Release Notes Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/wesnoth/wesnoth/releases/tag/1.13.1 Release Notes Third Party Advisory
https://gna.org/bugs/?23504 Broken Link
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