CVE-2015-9228

high

Description

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.

References

Advisories
More

https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135061/WordPress-NextGEN-Gallery-2.1.10-Shell-Upload.html

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/27/6

https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9758

https://wordpress.org/plugins/nextgen-gallery/#developers

https://github.com/cybersecurityworks/Disclosed/issues/6

https://cybersecurityworks.com/zerodays/cve-2015-9228-crony.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-09-12

Updated: 2026-05-13

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:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H