CVE-2015-1365 EXPLOIT
5.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 13% (pctl 96)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in pixabay-images.php in the Pixabay Images plugin before 2.4 for WordPress allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the q parameter.
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
| EPSS | 13.03% — more likely to be exploited than 96% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-22 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2015-01-27 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| pixabay images project | pixabay images |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | WordPress Plugin Pixarbay Images 2.3 - Multiple Vulnerabilities | 2015-01-20 |
References
- http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/117147
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130017/WordPress-Pixarbay-Images-2.3-XSS-Bypass-Upload-Traversal.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Jan/75
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35846
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/25/5
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534505/100/0/threaded
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100036
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=1067992%40pixabay-images%2Ftrunk%2Fpixabay-images.php&old=926633%40pixabay-images%2Ftrunk%2Fpixabay-images.php
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/pixabay-images/changelog/
- https://www.mogwaisecurity.de/advisories/MSA-2015-01.txt
- http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/117147
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130017/WordPress-Pixarbay-Images-2.3-XSS-Bypass-Upload-Traversal.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Jan/75
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35846
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/25/5
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534505/100/0/threaded
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100036
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=1067992%40pixabay-images%2Ftrunk%2Fpixabay-images.php&old=926633%40pixabay-images%2Ftrunk%2Fpixabay-images.php
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/pixabay-images/changelog/
- https://www.mogwaisecurity.de/advisories/MSA-2015-01.txt
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