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Vulnerability record · CVE-2015-1365 · published 27 January 2015

CVE-2015-1365: Pixabay images project pixabay images path traversal vulnerability

PPixabay Images Project · Pixabay Images

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.

5.0 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 13% · top 3.8% CWE-22 · Path traversal
5.0CVSS 2.0 base score
13%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
20References, 8 tagged exploit
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

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.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/117147
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130017/WordPress-Pixarbay-Images-2.3-XSS-Bypass-Upload-Traversal.html Exploit
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Jan/75 Exploit
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35846 Exploit
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/25/5
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534505/100/0/threaded
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100036
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=1067992%40pixabay-images%2Ftrunk%2Fpixa
https://wordpress.org/plugins/pixabay-images/changelog/ Patch
https://www.mogwaisecurity.de/advisories/MSA-2015-01.txt Exploit
http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/117147
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130017/WordPress-Pixarbay-Images-2.3-XSS-Bypass-Upload-Traversal.html Exploit
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Jan/75 Exploit
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35846 Exploit
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/25/5
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534505/100/0/threaded
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100036
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=1067992%40pixabay-images%2Ftrunk%2Fpixa
https://wordpress.org/plugins/pixabay-images/changelog/ Patch
https://www.mogwaisecurity.de/advisories/MSA-2015-01.txt Exploit

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