Pixabay Images up to 2.2 pixabay-images.php path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Pixabay Images up to 2.2. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file pixabay-images.php. The manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2015-1365. Additionally, an exploit exists. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Pixabay Images up to 2.2. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the file pixabay-images.php. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Directory traversal vulnerability in pixabay-images.php in the Pixabay Images plugin before 2.4 for WordPress allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the q parameter.

The weakness was released 01/27/2015 (Website). The advisory is shared at wordpress.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2015-1365 since 01/27/2015. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1006 for this issue.

A public exploit has been developed by Hans-Martin Muench and been published before and not just after the advisory. The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 7 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:pixabay-images.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

Upgrading to version 2.3 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (100036), Exploit-DB (35846) and OSVDB (117147†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-73795, VDB-73794 and VDB-73782. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-22
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Hans-Martin Muench
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Pixabay Images 2.3

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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 130017
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-1365 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-1365
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-73781
X-Force: 100036
OSVDB: 117147

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/27/2015 14:56
Updated: 02/25/2025 21:04
Changes: 03/27/2015 14:56 (46), 04/07/2018 10:22 (13), 04/12/2022 08:14 (3), 02/25/2025 21:04 (14)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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