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UBUNTU-CVE-2025-15438 (CVE-2025-15438)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2026-01-02 15:15 – Updated: 2026-03-02 11:09 – Source website

Details

A vulnerability was determined in PluXml up to 5.8.22. Affected is the function FileCookieJar::__destruct of the file core/admin/medias.php of the component Media Management Module. Executing a manipulation of the argument File can lead to deserialization. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be utilized. The vendor was informed early about this issue and announced that "[w]e fix this issue in the next version 5.8.23". A patch for it is ready.

Severity

4.7 (Medium)


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

7.2 (High)


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

2.0 (Low)


                    
                      CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-15438	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-15438	REPORT
	https://note-hxlab.wetolink.com/share/9SJUnaDcJuqz	REPORT
	https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.339383	REPORT
	https://vuldb.com/?id.339383	REPORT
	https://vuldb.com/?submit.713989	REPORT

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            "binary_name": "pluxml",
            "binary_version": "5.4-1ubuntu1"
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        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
        "name": "pluxml",
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      },
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  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2025-15438",
  "modified": "2026-03-02T11:09:18Z",
  "published": "2026-01-02T15:15:00Z",
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    },
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    },
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  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
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      "type": "CVSS_V4"
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    "CVE-2025-15438"
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CVE-2025-15438 (GCVE-0-2025-15438)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-02 14:32 – Updated: 2026-02-23 08:10

Title

PluXml Media Management medias.php __destruct deserialization

Summary

Severity

5.1 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P

4.7 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:C

4.7 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:C

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-01-05 20:45 UTC

CWE

CWE-502 - Deserialization
CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation

Assigner

VulDB mitre root

References

4 references

URL	Tags
https://vuldb.com/?id.339383	vdb-entrytechnical-description
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.339383	signaturepermissions-required
https://vuldb.com/?submit.713989	third-party-advisory
https://note-hxlab.wetolink.com/share/9SJUnaDcJuqz	exploit

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
n/a	PluXml	Affected: 5.8.0 Affected: 5.8.1 Affected: 5.8.2 Affected: 5.8.3 Affected: 5.8.4 Affected: 5.8.5 Affected: 5.8.6 Affected: 5.8.7 Affected: 5.8.8 Affected: 5.8.9 Affected: 5.8.10 Affected: 5.8.11 Affected: 5.8.12 Affected: 5.8.13 Affected: 5.8.14 Affected: 5.8.15 Affected: 5.8.16 Affected: 5.8.17 Affected: 5.8.18 Affected: 5.8.19 Affected: 5.8.20 Affected: 5.8.21 Affected: 5.8.22 cpe:2.3:a:pluxml:pluxml::::::::

Credits

V3geD4g (VulDB User)

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