CVE-2015-1376
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.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 33.1%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 33.10% probability · 98th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 20 January 2015
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-284
- Affected
- pixabay images project/pixabay images
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 33.1% since 4 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
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130017/WordPress-Pixarbay-Images-2.3-XSS-Bypass-Upload-Traversal.htmlExploit
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Jan/75Exploit
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35846
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/25/5Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534505/100/0/threaded
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=1067992%40pixabay-images%2Ftrunk%2Fpixabay-images.php&old=926633%40pixabay-images%2Ftrunk%2Fpixabay-images.php
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130017/WordPress-Pixarbay-Images-2.3-XSS-Bypass-Upload-Traversal.htmlExploit
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Jan/75Exploit
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35846
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/25/5Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534505/100/0/threaded
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=1067992%40pixabay-images%2Ftrunk%2Fpixabay-images.php&old=926633%40pixabay-images%2Ftrunk%2Fpixabay-images.php
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.