Pixabay Images <= 2.3 - Arbitrary File Upload

Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE	CVE-2015-1376
CVSS	High (8.8)
Publicly Published	January 19, 2015
Last Updated	January 22, 2024
Researcher	Hans-Martin Muench

Description

pixabay-images.php in the Pixabay Images plugin before 2.4 for WordPress does not validate hostnames, which allows remote authenticated users to write to arbitrary files via an upload URL with a host other than pixabay.com.

References

www.wordfence.com

1 affected software package

Software Type	Plugin
Software Slug	pixabay-images (view on wordpress.org)
Patched?	Yes
Affected Version	<= 2.3
Patched Version	2.4

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