CVE-2015-7309

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 38.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2015-09-22 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-74

Description

The theme editor in Bolt before 2.2.5 does not check the file extension when renaming files, which allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code by renaming a crafted file and then directly accessing it.

Affected products

bolt: through 2.2.0

References

http://blog.curesec.com/article/blog/Bolt-224-Code-Execution-44.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133539/CMS-Bolt-2.2.4-File-Upload.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Aug/66
http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/multi/http/bolt_file_upload
https://bolt.cm/newsitem/bolt-2-2-5-released
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38196/
http://blog.curesec.com/article/blog/Bolt-224-Code-Execution-44.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133539/CMS-Bolt-2.2.4-File-Upload.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Aug/66
http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/multi/http/bolt_file_upload
https://bolt.cm/newsitem/bolt-2-2-5-released
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38196/

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