THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2015-9271
CRITICAL SEVERITY

CVE-2015-9271

Video Conference vulnerability

CVSS
9.8
EPSS
4.3%
EPSS pct
90th
Exploited
No known
The VideoWhisper videowhisper-video-conference-integration plugin 4.91.8 for WordPress allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code because vc/vw_upload.php considers a file safe when "html" are the last four characters, as demonstrated by a .phtml file containing PHP code, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-1905.
Affected vendor
Videowhisper
Affected product
Video Conference
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-434 — Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
Published
2018-10-04

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 4.3% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 90% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2015-9271

  • Confirm whether Videowhisper Video Conference is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2015-9271.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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