CVE-2011-5051

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-01-04 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Multiple unrestricted file upload vulnerabilities in the WP Symposium plugin before 11.12.24 for WordPress allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with an executable extension using (1) uploadify/upload_admin_avatar.php or (2) uploadify/upload_profile_avatar.php, then accessing it via a direct request to the file in an unspecified directory inside the webroot.

Affected products

Wpsymposium Wp Symposium: through 11.12.08; 11.9.10, 11.9.14, 11.9.17, 11.9.24, 11.10.1, 11.10.8 (+8)

References

http://osvdb.org/78041
http://osvdb.org/78042
http://secunia.com/advisories/46097
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2011-91/
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/72012
https://wpsymposium-trac.sourcerepo.com/wpsymposium_trac/ticket/265
http://osvdb.org/78041
http://osvdb.org/78042
http://secunia.com/advisories/46097
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2011-91/
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/72012
https://wpsymposium-trac.sourcerepo.com/wpsymposium_trac/ticket/265

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