cve/2015/CVE-2015-9538.md

### [CVE-2015-9538](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-9538)
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### Description

The NextGEN Gallery plugin before 2.1.15 for WordPress allows ../ Directory Traversal in path selection.

### POC

#### Reference
- https://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2015080165
- https://cybersecurityworks.com/zerodays/cve-2015-9538-nextgen.html
- https://github.com/cybersecurityworks/Disclosed/issues/2
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135114/WordPress-NextGEN-Gallery-2.1.15-Cross-Site-Scripting-Path-Traversal.html
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/28/4
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/01/7

#### Github
- https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon