CVE-2015-6568
Wolf CMS before 0.8.3.1 allows unrestricted file rename and PHP Code Execution because admin/plugin/file_manager/browse/ (aka the…
- 8.8HighCVSS base score
- 10.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 4.2% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Wolf CMS before 0.8.3.1 allows unrestricted file rename and PHP Code Execution because admin/plugin/file_manager/browse/ (aka the filemanager) does not prevent a change of a file extension to ".php" after originally using the parameter "filename" for uploading a JPEG image. Exploitation requires a registered user who has access to upload functionality.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 2 Exploit-DB entries for it. 2 references of the record are tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits4
Exploit-DB2 entries
- Wolf CMS 0.8.2 - Arbitrary File Upload (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 40004remote, phppublished 22 Jun 2016Not verified
- Wolf CMS - Arbitrary File Upload / Execution (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 38000webapps, phppublished 28 Aug 2015Not verified
References tagged exploit2 references
- 38000 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 40004 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 20 months later
· 20 months later
Published
- 7 years later
· 7 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 | 3.0 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 10.5% · top 4.2% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
7
- http://www.websecgeeks.com/2015/08/wolf-cms-arbitrary-file-upload-to.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/wolfcms/wolfcms/issues/625 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/wolfcms/wolfcms/releases/tag/0.8.3.1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 38000 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 40004 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- https://github.com/wolfcms/wolfcms/commit/2160275b60736f706dfda132c7c46728c5b255fa (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.wolfcms.org/blog/2015/08/10/releasing-wolf-cms-0-8-3-1.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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-2015-6507 (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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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2015-6568)Record last updated .