# CVE-2014-5460: Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in the Tribulant Slideshow Gallery plugin before 1.4.7 for WordPress allows remote authenticated user

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 2 on Exploit-DB, 1 Metasploit module, 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Published: 2014-09-11 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in the Tribulant Slideshow Gallery plugin before 1.4.7 for WordPress allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code by uploading a PHP file, then accessing it via a direct request to the file in wp-content/uploads/slideshow-gallery/.

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## References

- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34681
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/128069/WordPress-Slideshow-Gallery-1.4.6-Shell-Upload.html
- http://whitexploit.blogspot.mx/2014/08/wordpress-slideshow-gallery-146-shell.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/533281/100/0/threaded
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60074
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34514
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/slideshow-gallery/changelog
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95676
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34514
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34681
- https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/unix/webapp/wp_slideshowgallery_upload.rb
- https://github.com/F-0x57/CVE-2014-5460

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