CVE-2015-1172

Exp

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in admin/upload-file.php in the Holding Pattern theme (aka holding_pattern) 0.6 and earlier for WordPress allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code by uploading a file with a PHP extension, then accessing it via a direct request to the file in an unspecified directory.

Published: 2015-02-11 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2015-1172 is rated High Exploit Risk (78.4/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 81.15%, 99th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2015-1172

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
41698 exploit_db edb 2015-02-11 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-1172

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-30 82.41% 81.15% -1.25%
2 2025-03-29 81.15% 82.41% +1.25%
3 2025-03-24 — 81.15% —

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-1172

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2015-1172

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2015-1172

Comment: <a href="http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/434.html">CWE-434: Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type</a>

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-1172

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
holding_pattern_project holding_pattern <= 0.6 cpe:2.3:a:holding_pattern_project:holding_pattern:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

References for CVE-2015-1172

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