CVE-2015-9228: In post-new.php in the Photocrati NextGEN Gallery plugin 2.1.10 for WordPress, unrestricted file upload is available via the name parameter, if a file extension is changed from .jpg to .php.

high Affects nextgen-gallery (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28; published 2017-09-12; advisory modified 2026-06-17.

In post-new.php in the Photocrati NextGEN Gallery plugin 2.1.10 for WordPress, unrestricted file upload is available via the name parameter, if a file extension is changed from .jpg to .php.

Package: nextgen-gallery (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions: =1.5.0 or =1.5.1 or =1.5.2 or =1.5.3 or =1.5.4 or =1.5.5 or =1.6.0 or =1.6.1 or =1.6.2 or =1.7.0 or =1.7.1 or =1.7.2 or =1.7.3 or =1.7.4 or =1.8.0 or =1.8.1 or =1.8.2 or =1.8.3 or =1.8.4 or =1.9.0 or =1.9.1 or =1.9.2 or =1.9.3 or =1.9.5 or =1.9.6 or =1.9.7 or =1.9.8 or =1.9.10 or =1.9.11 or =1.9.12 or =1.9.13 or =2.0 or =2.0.7 or =2.0.11 or =2.0.14 or =2.0.17 or =2.0.21 or =2.0.23 or =2.0.25 or =2.0.27 or =2.0.30 or =2.0.31 or =2.0.33 or =2.0.40 or =2.0.57 or =2.0.58 or =2.0.59 or =2.0.61 or =2.0.63 or =2.0.65 or =2.0.66 or =2.0.66.16 or =2.0.66.17 or =2.0.66.26 or =2.0.66.27 or =2.0.66.29 or =2.0.66.31 or =2.0.66.33 or =2.0.71 or =2.0.74 or =2.0.76 or =2.0.77 or =2.0.78 or =2.0.78.1 or =2.0.79 or =2.1.0 or =2.1.2 or =2.1.7 or =2.1.9 or =2.1.10
Fixed in: no fix recorded
Severity: high CVSS 8.8
Exploitation: not on CISA KEV · EPSS 4% (89.8th percentile)
Published: 2017-09-12
Source: nvd

References

CWE-434

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