CVE-2015-5457

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2015-07-08 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

PivotX before 2.3.11 does not validate the new file extension when renaming a file with multiple extensions, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading a crafted file, as demonstrated by a file named foo.php.php.

Affected products

Pivotx: through 2.3.10

References

http://blog.pivotx.net/archive/2015/06/21/pivotx-2311-released
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132474/PivotX-2.3.10-Session-Fixation-XSS-Code-Execution.html
http://software-talk.org/blog/2015/06/session-fixation-xss-code-execution-vulnerability-pivotx/
http://sourceforge.net/p/pivot-weblog/code/4452/tree//branches/2.3.x/pivotx/fileupload.php?diff=51a4cb5e34309d75c0d1612a:4451
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/535860/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75577
http://blog.pivotx.net/archive/2015/06/21/pivotx-2311-released
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132474/PivotX-2.3.10-Session-Fixation-XSS-Code-Execution.html
http://software-talk.org/blog/2015/06/session-fixation-xss-code-execution-vulnerability-pivotx/
http://sourceforge.net/p/pivot-weblog/code/4452/tree//branches/2.3.x/pivotx/fileupload.php?diff=51a4cb5e34309d75c0d1612a:4451
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/535860/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75577

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