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CVE-2015-1172

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 58.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2015-02-11 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in admin/upload-file.php in the Holding Pattern theme (aka holding_pattern) 0.6 and earlier for WordPress allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code by uploading a file with a PHP extension, then accessing it via a direct request to the file in an unspecified directory.

Affected products

• Holding Pattern Project Holding Pattern: through 0.6

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130282/WordPress-Holding-Pattern-0.6-Shell-Upload.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72546
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/7784
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130282/WordPress-Holding-Pattern-0.6-Shell-Upload.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72546
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/7784

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