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CVE-2015-6828

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2015-09-16 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The tweet_info function in class/__functions.php in the SecureMoz Security Audit plugin 1.0.5 and earlier for WordPress does not use an HTTPS session for downloading serialized data, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to conduct PHP object injection attacks and execute arbitrary PHP code by modifying the client-server data stream. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Affected products

• Security Audit: through 1.0.5

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/05/4
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/06/3
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8179
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/05/4
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/06/3
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8179

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