CVE-2015-5688

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in lib/app/index.js in Geddy before 13.0.8 for Node.js allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a ..%2f (dot dot encoded slash) in the PATH_INFO to the default URI.

Published: 2015-09-04 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2015-5688 is rated High Exploit Risk (74.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 81.09%, 99th percentile). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +11.72% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2015-5688

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-5688

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 2026-03-10 69.36% 81.09% +11.72%
2 2026-03-04 67.68% 69.36% +1.68%
3 2026-03-01 67.68%

Full EPSS history (42 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-5688

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/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:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2015-5688

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2015-5688

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-5688

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
geddyjs geddy 13.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:geddyjs:geddy:13.0.7:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

References for CVE-2015-5688

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