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medium 6.5

CVE-2014-5460 json

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in the Tribulant Slideshow Gallery plugin before 1.4.7 for WordPress allows remote authenticated use…

published 12y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2014-5347

cvss
6.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
70.9%
EPSS 70.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.4%
public exploits
3
Metasploit and Exploit-DB

Summary

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in the Tribulant Slideshow Gallery plugin before 1.4.7 for WordPress allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code by uploading a PHP file, then accessing it via a direct request to the file in wp-content/uploads/slideshow-gallery/.

Patch / fix

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Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/unix/webapp/wp_slideshowgallery_upload)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

70.89% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.4% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • Metasploit exploit/unix/webapp/wp_slideshowgallery_upload Wordpress SlideShow Gallery Authenticated File Upload metasploit exploit, excellent rank, 2014-08-28
  • EDB-34681 WordPress Plugin Slideshow Gallery 1.4.6 - Arbitrary File Upload webapps, 2014-09-16
  • EDB-34514 WordPress Plugin Slideshow Gallery 1.4.6 - Arbitrary File Upload webapps, 2014-09-01
  • packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/128069/WordPress-Slideshow-Gallery-1.4.6-Shell-Upload.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • whitexploit.blogspot.mx http://whitexploit.blogspot.mx/2014/08/wordpress-slideshow-gallery-146-shell.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
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References

Sources

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