CVE-2016-15043 (GCVE-0-2016-15043)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-07-19 09:23
Modified
2025-07-21 16:49
Severity ?
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-434 - Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
Summary
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.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Websitez.com, LLC WP Mobile Detector Version: *   ≤ 3.5
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