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CVE-2015-9228

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-09-12 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-434

Description

In post-new.php in the Photocrati NextGEN Gallery plugin 2.1.10 for WordPress, unrestricted file upload is available via the name parameter, if a file extension is changed from .jpg to .php.

Affected products

• Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes: 1.5.0, 1.5.1, 1.5.2, 1.5.3, 1.5.4, 1.5.5 (+64)

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/27/6
• https://cybersecurityworks.com/zerodays/cve-2015-9228-crony.html
• https://github.com/cybersecurityworks/Disclosed/issues/6
• https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135061/WordPress-NextGEN-Gallery-2.1.10-Shell-Upload.html
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/nextgen-gallery/#developers
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9758
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/27/6
• https://cybersecurityworks.com/zerodays/cve-2015-9228-crony.html
• https://github.com/cybersecurityworks/Disclosed/issues/6
• https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135061/WordPress-NextGEN-Gallery-2.1.10-Shell-Upload.html
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/nextgen-gallery/#developers
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9758

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