PT-2015-5240 · Pixabay · Pixabay Images

Mogwai · Published 2015-01-27 · Updated 2018-10-09 · CVE-2015-1365

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Pixabay Images plugin versions prior to 2.4

Description The issue allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the q parameter. This is a directory traversal vulnerability in the pixabay-images.php file.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.4, update to version 2.4 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the pixabay-images.php file to minimize the risk of exploitation. Avoid using the q parameter in the affected API endpoint until the issue is resolved.

Exploit

Fix

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

CVE-2015-1365

Affected Products

Pixabay Images

References · 13

• 🔥 http://exploit-db.com/exploits/35846 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/35846 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Jan/75 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130017/WordPress-Pixarbay-Images-2.3-XSS-Bypass-Upload-Traversal.html · Exploit
• 🔥 https://mogwaisecurity.de/advisories/MSA-2015-01.txt · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1365 · Security Note
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/pixabay-images/changelog · Patch
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=1067992%40pixabay-images%2Ftrunk%2Fpixabay-images.php&old=926633%40pixabay-images%2Ftrunk%2Fpixabay-images.php · Note
• http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/117147 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100036 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/534505/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/25/5 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-1365 · Note