CVE-2015-2079

Severity Score

9.9

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Attend

*SSVC

Descriptions

Usermin 0.980 through 1.x before 1.660 allows uconfig_save.cgi sig_file_free remote code execution because it uses the two argument (not three argument) form of Perl open.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Attend

Exploitation

Poc

Automatable

Tech. Impact

Total

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2015-02-24 CVE Reserved
2025-04-28 CVE Published
2025-04-28 CVE Updated
2025-05-15 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-96: Improper Neutralization of Directives in Statically Saved Code ('Static Code Injection')

CAPEC

References (2)

URL	Tag	Source
https://code-white.com/blog/2015-05-cve-2015-2079-rce-usermin
https://code-white.com/public-vulnerability-list

URL	Date	SRC

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Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Usermin Search vendor "Usermin"		Usermin Search vendor "Usermin" for product "Usermin"				>= 0.980 < 1.660 Search vendor "Usermin" for product "Usermin" and version " >= 0.980 < 1.660"		en		Affected