CVE-2015-1376

Exp

pixabay-images.php in the Pixabay Images plugin before 2.4 for WordPress does not validate hostnames, which allows remote authenticated users to write to arbitrary files via an upload URL with a host other than pixabay.com.

Published: 2015-01-28 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2015-1376 is rated High Exploit Risk (60.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 70.51%, 99th percentile). Core evidence: 4 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2015-1376

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
35846 exploit_db edb 2015-01-20 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
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nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-1376

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 76.75% 70.51% -6.24%
2 2025-03-29 70.51% 76.75% +6.24%
3 2025-03-24 70.51%

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-1376

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N 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:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
8.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2015-1376

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-1376

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
pixabay_images_project pixabay_images <= 2.3 cpe:2.3:a:pixabay_images_project:pixabay_images:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

References for CVE-2015-1376

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