CVE-2015-5457: Pivotx

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 4.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

PivotX before 2.3.11 does not validate the new file extension when renaming a file with multiple extensions, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading a crafted file, as demonstrated by a file named foo.php.php.

Affected products

• Pivotx Pivotx: up to and including 2.3.10

Published 2015-07-08. Last modified 2026-06-17.