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Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

CVE-2015-9228

High
8.8/10

Summary

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.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-434 - Unrestricted Upload of File with dangerous type

'Unrestricted file upload with dangerous type' attacks involve an attacker uploading or transferring files of dangerous types to the server. The severity of such an attack depends upon the execution mechanism and the storage location of the uploaded file. Thus, it may range from simple defacement to arbitrary file execution, and complete system takeover.

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