CVE-2015-5501

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2015-08-18 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-254

Description

The Hostmaster (Aegir) module 6.x-2.x before 6.x-2.4 and 7.x-3.x before 7.x-3.0-beta2 for Drupal allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a crafted file in the directory used to write Apache vhost files for hosted sites in a multi-site environment.

Affected products

Aegirproject Hostmaster: 6.x-2.0, 6.x-2.1, 6.x-2.2, 6.x-2.3, 6.x-3.0-beta1

References

http://community.aegirproject.org/2.4
http://community.aegirproject.org/3.0-beta2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/04/4
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74759
https://www.drupal.org/node/2492317
http://community.aegirproject.org/2.4
http://community.aegirproject.org/3.0-beta2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/04/4
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74759
https://www.drupal.org/node/2492317

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