CVE-2015-1365 Path traversal in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can write to arbitrary files via directory traversal in the Pixabay Images plugin for WordPress.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2015-1365?

CVE-2015-1365 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 27 Jan 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-22

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-1365?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Pixabay Images Project Pixabay Images.

How do I fix CVE-2015-1365?

No fix has been published for CVE-2015-1365 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2015-1365 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-1365 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-hm8j-79h4-q2c7.

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