cve/2015/CVE-2015-1172.md

### [CVE-2015-1172](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-1172)
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### Description

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in admin/upload-file.php in the Holding Pattern theme (aka holding_pattern) 0.6 and earlier for WordPress allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code by uploading a file with a PHP extension, then accessing it via a direct request to the file in an unspecified directory.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130282/WordPress-Holding-Pattern-0.6-Shell-Upload.html
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/7784

#### Github
- https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon