CVE-2015-5457

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-5457
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-07-08 15:59:10 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionPivotX before 2.3.11 does not validate the new file extension when renaming a file with multiple extensions, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading a crafted file, as demonstrated by a file named foo.php.php.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Pivotx Pivotx All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Session Fixation, XSS, Code Execution in PivotX 2.3.10 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 software-talk.org Exploit
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
PivotX 2.3.10 Session Fixation / XSS / Code Execution ≈ Packet Storm af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 packetstormsecurity.com Exploit
PivotX / Code / Diff of /branches/2.3.x/pivotx/fileupload.php af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sourceforge.net
PivotX 2.3.11 released - PivotX Blog af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 blog.pivotx.net
PivotX Cross Site Scripting, Session Fixation and Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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