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CVE-2015-9538 is a directory traversal vulnerability in the NextGEN Gallery plugin for WordPress affecting versions prior to 2.1.15. According to the provided content, the flaw allows use of ../ path traversal sequences in path selection, indicating insufficient restriction or sanitization of user-controlled path input. An attacker able to influence the path selection parameter or functionality can traverse outside the intended directory and access filesystem locations not meant to be reachable through the plugin.
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This repository contains a single Metasploit auxiliary module targeting a directory traversal vulnerability (CVE-2015-9538) in the WordPress NextGEN Gallery plugin version 2.1.7. The module requires valid WordPress user credentials and exploits the vulnerability by sending crafted HTTP POST requests to the plugin's AJAX endpoint, allowing the attacker to read and list the contents of arbitrary directories on the server with the privileges of the web server user. The exploit is operational and saves the retrieved directory listings as loot. The code is written in Ruby and leverages Metasploit's HTTP and WordPress modules. The main file is 'modules/auxiliary/scanner/http/wp_nextgen_galley_file_read.rb', and it is structured to perform login, obtain a nonce, and then execute the directory traversal attack. The endpoints involved are the WordPress admin backend and the NextGEN Gallery AJAX handler.
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