Multiple incomplete blacklist vulnerabilities in inc/core/class.dc.core.php in Dotclear before 2.8.2 allow remote authenticated users with "manage their own media items" and "manage their own entries and comments" permissions to execute arbitrary PHP code by uploading a file with a (1) .pht, (2) .phps, or (3) .phtml extension.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2015-8832 is rated High Exploit Risk (76.5/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.92%). Core evidence: 3 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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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ | |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ | |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
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 | 2026-03-03 | 1.12% | 0.92% | -0.20% |
| 2 | 2025-05-20 | 0.92% | 1.12% | +0.20% |
| 3 | 2025-03-30 | — | 0.92% | — |
Full EPSS history (12 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8.8 | 3.0 | HIGH |
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2.8 | 5.9 | [email protected] |
| 6.5 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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8.0 | 6.4 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2015-8832 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (dotclear), 22 status rows across 22 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, precise, questing, trusty, upstream, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): DNE 18, ignored 2, needed 1, released 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8832 |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://dotclear.org/blog/post/2015/10/25/Dotclear-2.8.2 | Release Notes Vendor Advisory |
| http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134352/dotclear-2.8.1-Shell-Upload.html | Exploit Patch Third Party Advisory |
| http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Nov/58 | Exploit Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/05/4 | Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/07/5 | Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96379 | |
| https://blog.curesec.com/article/blog/dotclear-281-Code-Execution-93.html | Exploit Patch Third Party Advisory |
| https://hg.dotclear.org/dotclear/rev/198580bc3d80 | Issue Tracking Patch Vendor Advisory |