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CVE-2015-5681
Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in upload.php in the Powerplay Gallery plugin 3.3 for WordPress allows remote attackers to execute…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 4.8%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 8.0% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in upload.php in the Powerplay Gallery plugin 3.3 for WordPress allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with an executable extension, then accessing it via a direct request to the file in *_uploadfolder/big/.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 22 days later
· 22 days later
Published
- 9 years later
· 9 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.8% · top 8.0% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
5
- [oss-security] 20150720 Re: Remote file upload vulnerability & SQLi in wordpress plugin wp-powerplaygallery v3.3 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://www.vapid.dhs.org/advisory.php?v=132 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20150713 Remote file upload vulnerability & SQLi in wordpress plugin wp-powerplaygallery v3.3 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20150727 Re: Remote file upload vulnerability & SQLi in wordpress plugin wp-powerplaygallery v3.3 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132671/WordPress-WP-PowerPlayGallery-3.3-File-Upload-SQL-Injection.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2015-5631 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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