CVE-2015-9228
high
CVSS v3
8.8
CVSS v2
9.0
VIR risk
8.8
Description
In post-new.php in the Photocrati NextGEN Gallery plugin 2.1.10 for WordPress, unrestricted file upload is available via the name parameter, if a file extension is changed from .jpg to .php.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
92%
Patch ETA
—
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://wordpress.org/plugins/nextgen-gallery/#developers
Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://github.com/cybersecurityworks/Disclosed/issues/6
Application impact
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/27/6
- https://cybersecurityworks.com/zerodays/cve-2015-9228-crony.html
- https://github.com/cybersecurityworks/Disclosed/issues/6
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135061/WordPress-NextGEN-Gallery-2.1.10-Shell-Upload.html
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/nextgen-gallery/#developers
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9758
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/27/6
- https://cybersecurityworks.com/zerodays/cve-2015-9228-crony.html
- https://github.com/cybersecurityworks/Disclosed/issues/6
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135061/WordPress-NextGEN-Gallery-2.1.10-Shell-Upload.html
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/nextgen-gallery/#developers
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9758
CWEs
CWE-434
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.