CVE-2013-1916
This backdoor can be called (executed) even if the photo has not been yet approved.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 12.8%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
In WordPress Plugin User Photo 0.9.4, when a photo is uploaded, it is only partially validated and it is possible to upload a backdoor on the server hosting WordPress. This backdoor can be called (executed) even if the photo has not been yet approved.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 12.85% probability · 96th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 17 February 2011
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-434
- Affected
- user photo project/user photo
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 12.8% since 3 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/347137Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/user-photo/#developersRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16181Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/347137Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/user-photo/#developersRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16181Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.