What is CVE-2015-9271?

CVE-2015-9271 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Videowhisper Video Conference, classified under Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-10-04.

How severe is CVE-2015-9271?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2015-9271 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Arbitrary file upload in Videowhisper Video Conference

CVE-2015-9271

The VideoWhisper videowhisper-video-conference-integration plugin 4.91.8 for WordPress allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code because vc/vw_upload.php considers a file safe when "html" are the last four characters, as demonstrated by a .phtml file containing PHP code, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-1905.

Vulnerability class: Unrestricted File Upload

EPSS: 0.043 (90.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Videowhisper Video_conference — versions 4.91.8
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-434 — Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-9271?: CVE-2015-9271 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Videowhisper Video Conference, classified under Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-10-04.
How severe is CVE-2015-9271?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2015-9271 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.