CVE-2015-5065: 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

medium Affects paypal-currency-converter-basic-for-woocommerce (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.3, updated 2026-10-29; published ; advisory modified .

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

Package
paypal-currency-converter-basic-for-woocommerce (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions
<1.4
Fixed in
1.4
Severity
medium  CVSS 5.0
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 16% (96.9th percentile)
Published
2015-06-24
Source
nvd

References

CWE-22
NVD recordpaypal-currency-converter-basic-for-woocommerce (WordPress plugin) advisories

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