THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2015-9272
CRITICAL SEVERITY

CVE-2015-9272

Video Presentation vulnerability

CVSS
9.8
EPSS
5.0%
EPSS pct
91th
Exploited
No known
The videowhisper-video-presentation plugin 3.31.17 for WordPress allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code because vp/vw_upload.php considers a file safe when "html" are the last four characters, as demonstrated by a .phtml file containing PHP code.
Affected vendor
Videowhisper
Affected product
Video Presentation
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2018-10-05

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 5.0% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 91% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2015-9272

  • Confirm whether Videowhisper Video Presentation is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2015-9272.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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