CVE-2015-9479 describes an arbitrary file upload vulnerability in the ACF-Frontend-Display plugin for WordPress, specifically affecting versions through 2015-07-03. This critical vulnerability, with a CVSS score of 9.8, allows unauthenticated attackers to upload malicious files via a direct request to a specific PHP endpoint, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness and potential for future exploitation.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2015-07-03CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:advancedcustomfields:acf_fronted_display:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.