HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2015-3173

Custom Content Type Manager vulnerability

CVSS
7.2
EPSS
3.3%
EPSS pct
87th
Exploited
No known
custom-content-type-manager Wordpress plugin can be used by an administrator to achieve arbitrary PHP remote code execution.
Affected vendor
Custom Content Type Manager Project
Affected product
Custom Content Type Manager
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2022-07-06

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring high privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.3% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 87% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2015-3173

  • Confirm whether Custom Content Type Manager Project Custom Content Type Manager is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2015-3173.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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