Vulnerability record · CVE-2011-5051 · published 4 January 2012
CVE-2011-5051: Wpsymposium wp symposium vulnerability
Wpsymposium · Wp Symposium
Multiple unrestricted file upload vulnerabilities in the WP Symposium plugin before 11.12.24 for WordPress allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with an executable extension using (1) uploadify/upload_admin_avatar.php or (2) uploadify/upload_profile_avatar.php, then accessing it via a direct request to the file in an unspecified directory inside the webroot.
Description
Multiple unrestricted file upload vulnerabilities in the WP Symposium plugin before 11.12.24 for WordPress allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with an executable extension using (1) uploadify/upload_admin_avatar.php or (2) uploadify/upload_profile_avatar.php, then accessing it via a direct request to the file in an unspecified directory inside the webroot.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Affected products
1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.
References
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Related vulnerabilities
Same products first, then exploited flaws of the same weakness class.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2011-5051), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-28). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.
