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CVE-2015-9340

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-08-22 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-434

Description

The wp-file-upload plugin before 3.0.0 for WordPress has insufficient restrictions on upload of php, js, pht, php3, php4, php5, phtml, htm, html, and htaccess files.

Affected products

• nickboss Iptanus File Upload: before 3.0.0 — fixed in 3.0.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: nickboss Iptanus File Upload 3.0.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-file-upload/#developers
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-file-upload/#developers

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