CVE-2016-15043 | THREATINT

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Description

The WP Mobile Detector plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation in resize.php file in versions up to, and including, 3.5. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files on the affected sites server which may make remote code execution possible.

Reserved 2025-07-18 | Published 2025-07-19 | Updated 2025-07-19 | Assigner Wordfence

CRITICAL: 9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem types

CWE-434 Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

Product status

Default status

unaffected

*

affected

Timeline

2016-06-03:

Disclosed

Credits

Aaditya Purani finder

References

www.wordfence.com/...-36f0-4886-adf8-045ec9c2e306?source=cve

blog.sucuri.net/...rability-being-exploited-in-the-wild.html

www.pluginvulnerabilities.com/...lity-in-wp-mobile-detector/

wordpress.org/plugins/wp-mobile-detector/changelog/

wpscan.com/...erability/e4739674-eed4-417e-8c4d-2f5351b057cf

aadityapurani.com/2016/06/03/mobile-detector-poc/

cve.org (CVE-2016-15043)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2016-15043)

Download JSON

https://cve.threatint.eu/CVE/CVE-2016-15043

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