CVE-2015-10144

high

Description

The Responsive Thumbnail Slider plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type sanitization in the via the image uploader in versions up to 1.0.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to upload arbitrary files on the affected sites server using a double extension which may make remote code execution possible.

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6c396ae6-d34c-4554-b670-28868dc136a5?source=cve

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37998

https://www.acunetix.com/vulnerabilities/web/wordpress-plugin-thumbnail-carousel-slider-arbitrary-file-upload-1-0/

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/exploits/multi/http/wp_responsive_thumbnail_slider_upload.rb

https://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2015080170

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-07-25

Updated: 2025-07-25

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00216