Powerplay Gallery <= 3.3 - Arbitrary File Upload

9.8
Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
CVE CVE-2015-5681
CVSS 9.8 (Critical)
Publicly Published July 1, 2015
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Larry W. Cashdollar

Description

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in upload.php in the Powerplay Gallery plugin 3.3 for WordPress allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with an executable extension, then accessing it via a direct request to the file in *_uploadfolder/big/.

Wordfence blocked 593,139 attacks targeting this vulnerability in the past 24 hours.

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Vulnerability Details for Powerplay Gallery

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wp-powerplaygallery (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? No
Remediation No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement.
Affected Version
  • <= 3.3

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