# CVE-2015-1376: pixabay-images.php in the Pixabay Images plugin before 2.4 for WordPress does not validate hostnames, which allows remote authenticated user

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB, 1 Metasploit module
- Published: 2015-01-28 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

pixabay-images.php in the Pixabay Images plugin before 2.4 for WordPress does not validate hostnames, which allows remote authenticated users to write to arbitrary files via an upload URL with a host other than pixabay.com.

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## References

- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Jan/75
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=1067992%40pixabay-images%2Ftrunk%2Fpixabay-images.php&old=926633%40pixabay-images%2Ftrunk%2Fpixabay-images.php
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35846
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534505/100/0/threaded
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/25/5
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130017/WordPress-Pixarbay-Images-2.3-XSS-Bypass-Upload-Traversal.html
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35846
- https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/unix/webapp/wp_pixabay_images_upload.rb

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