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CVE-2015-5951

30
FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-5951 describes a critical file upload vulnerability in Thomson Reuters FATCH before version 5.2. This flaw allows authenticated attackers to upload arbitrary PHP files to the web root via the "specid" parameter, enabling remote code execution and system command execution. With a CVSS score of 9.9, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or publicly available exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness among security researchers.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 5.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:thomsonreuters:fatca:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.9CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.1
Impact Score
6.0
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.73%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
84.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0273 is in the 86th percentile among its peer group of 1,124 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 1.0 Bluesky, 0.5 Mastodon, and 1.6 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/133003/Thomson-Reuters-FATCA-Arbitrary-File-Upload.html
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2015/Aug/25
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
seclists.org / bugtraq/2015/Aug/32
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / archive/1/536163/100/0/threaded
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/76271
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry