Coppermine Gallery 1.6.25 Remote Code Execution via Plugin Upload

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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-53868",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "Coppermine Gallery 1.6.25 Remote Code Execution via Plugin Upload",
    "summary": "Coppermine Gallery 1.6.25 contains a remote code execution vulnerability that allows authenticated attackers to upload malicious PHP files through the plugin manager. Attackers can upload a zipped PHP file with system commands to the plugin directory and execute arbitrary code by accessing the uploaded plugin script.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2023-53868",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
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          "type": "CVSS_V4",
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      "affected": [
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              "repo": "https://github.com/coppermine-gallery/cpg1.6.x",
              "type": "GIT",
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                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
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          "versions": [
            "1.6.25",
            "v1.6.25"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-53868.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:52.637774973Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://web.archive.org/web/20240101151648/https://coppermine-gallery.net/",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/53xxx/CVE-2023-53868.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-53868",
        "https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/coppermine-gallery-remote-code-execution-via-plugin-upload",
        "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/51738"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cwe_ids": [
          "CWE-434"
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        "cna_assigner": "VulnCheck",
        "unresolved_ranges": [
          {
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                  {
                    "introduced": "1.6.25"
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                    "last_affected": "1.6.25"
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                ],
                "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD",
                "strategy": "StandaloneSingleVersion"
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      }
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        "value": "CVE-2023-53868",
        "evidence": "/id"
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 521462,
  "published_at": "2025-12-15T20:22:36.778+00:00"
}