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CVE-2016-15044: Kaltura < 11.1.0-2 PHP Object Injection RCE

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v4.0)
• 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: 2025-07-23 · updated 2026-07-15
• Weakness: CWE-94

Description

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Kaltura versions prior to 11.1.0-2 due to unsafe deserialization of user-controlled data within the keditorservices module. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this issue by sending a specially crafted serialized PHP object in the kdata GET parameter to the redirectWidgetCmd endpoint. Successful exploitation leads to execution of arbitrary PHP code in the context of the web server process.

Affected products

• Kaltura Video Platform: before 11.1.0-2 — fixed in 11.1.0-2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Kaltura Video Platform 11.1.0-2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/exploits/linux/http/kaltura_unserialize_rce.rb
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39563
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40404
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/kaltura-php-object-injection-rce
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39563

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