Detections
Analytics
CVE-2011-5051
critical
Description
Multiple unrestricted file upload vulnerabilities in the WP Symposium plugin before 11.12.24 for WordPress allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with an executable extension using (1) uploadify/upload_admin_avatar.php or (2) uploadify/upload_profile_avatar.php, then accessing it via a direct request to the file in an unspecified directory inside the webroot.
References
https://wpsymposium-trac.sourcerepo.com/wpsymposium_trac/ticket/265
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/72012
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2011-91/