CVE-2014-10021

high

Published 2015-01-13 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

8.5

Description

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in UploadHandler.php in the WP Symposium plugin 14.11 for WordPress allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with an executable extension, then accessing it via a direct request to the file in server/php/.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-35778 remote php verified

Metasploit · 2015-01-13

WordPress Plugin WP Symposium 14.11 - Arbitrary File Upload (Metasploit)

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

EDB-35543 webapps php

Claudio Viviani · 2014-12-15

WordPress Plugin WP Symposium 14.11 - Arbitrary File Upload

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Metasploit modules

exploit_unix/webapp/wp_symposium_shell_upload rank 600

WordPress WP Symposium 14.11 Shell Upload

Source fetch failed: fetch_error — view the original via the link above.

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
wpsymposiumpro	wp_symposium	`14.11`

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.