CVE-2015-7816 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The DisplayTopKeywords function in plugins/Referrers/Controller.php in Piwik before 2.15.0 allows remote attackers to conduct PHP object injection attacks, conduct Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) attacks, and execute arbitrary PHP code via a crafted HTTP header.

Published: 2015-11-16

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

Analysis and contextual insights are available on OpenCVE Cloud.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:matomo:matomo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

Additional remediation guidance may be available on OpenCVE Cloud.

Tracking

Sign in to view the affected projects.

Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2015-7714	The DisplayTopKeywords function in plugins/Referrers/Controller.php in Piwik before 2.15.0 allows remote attackers to conduct PHP object injection attacks, conduct Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) attacks, and execute arbitrary PHP code via a crafted HTTP header.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00423.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://karmainsecurity.com/KIS-2015-10
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134220/Piwik-2.14.3-PHP-Object-Injection.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Nov/15
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/536839/100/0/threaded
https://piwik.org/changelog/piwik-2-15-0/

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Matomo Matomo

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2015-11-16T19:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T07:59:00.479Z

Reserved: 2015-10-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-7816

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2015-11-16T19:59:05.707

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2015-7816

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

{"containers": {"cna": {"affected": [{"product": "n/a", "vendor": "n/a", "versions": [{"status": "affected", "version": "n/a"}]}], "datePublic": "2015-11-04T00:00:00.000Z", "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "The DisplayTopKeywords function in plugins/Referrers/Controller.php in Piwik before 2.15.0 allows remote attackers to conduct PHP object injection attacks, conduct Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) attacks, and execute arbitrary PHP code via a crafted HTTP header."}], "problemTypes": [{"descriptions": [{"description": "n/a", "lang": "en", "type": "text"}]}], "providerMetadata": {"dateUpdated": "2018-10-09T18:57:01.000Z", "orgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca", "shortName": "mitre"}, "references": [{"tags": ["x_refsource_MISC"], "url": "http://karmainsecurity.com/KIS-2015-10"}, {"name": "20151104 [KIS-2015-10] Piwik <= 2.14.3 (DisplayTopKeywords) PHP Object Injection Vulnerability", "tags": ["mailing-list", "x_refsource_FULLDISC"], "url": "http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Nov/15"}, {"tags": ["x_refsource_MISC"], "url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134220/Piwik-2.14.3-PHP-Object-Injection.html"}, {"tags": ["x_refsource_CONFIRM"], "url": "https://piwik.org/changelog/piwik-2-15-0/"}, {"name": "20151104 [KIS-2015-10] Piwik <= 2.14.3 (DisplayTopKeywords) PHP Object Injection Vulnerability", "tags": ["mailing-list", "x_refsource_BUGTRAQ"], "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/536839/100/0/threaded"}], "x_legacyV4Record": {"CVE_data_meta": {"ASSIGNER": "cve@mitre.org", "ID": "CVE-2015-7816", "STATE": "PUBLIC"}, "affects": {"vendor": {"vendor_data": [{"product": {"product_data": [{"product_name": "n/a", "version": {"version_data": [{"version_value": "n/a"}]}}]}, "vendor_name": "n/a"}]}}, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": {"description_data": [{"lang": "eng", "value": "The DisplayTopKeywords function in plugins/Referrers/Controller.php in Piwik before 2.15.0 allows remote attackers to conduct PHP object injection attacks, conduct Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) attacks, and execute arbitrary PHP code via a crafted HTTP header."}]}, "problemtype": {"problemtype_data": [{"description": [{"lang": "eng", "value": "n/a"}]}]}, "references": {"reference_data": [{"name": "http://karmainsecurity.com/KIS-2015-10", "refsource": "MISC", "url": "http://karmainsecurity.com/KIS-2015-10"}, {"name": "20151104 [KIS-2015-10] Piwik <= 2.14.3 (DisplayTopKeywords) PHP Object Injection Vulnerability", "refsource": "FULLDISC", "url": "http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Nov/15"}, {"name": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134220/Piwik-2.14.3-PHP-Object-Injection.html", "refsource": "MISC", "url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134220/Piwik-2.14.3-PHP-Object-Injection.html"}, {"name": "https://piwik.org/changelog/piwik-2-15-0/", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "https://piwik.org/changelog/piwik-2-15-0/"}, {"name": "20151104 [KIS-2015-10] Piwik <= 2.14.3 (DisplayTopKeywords) PHP Object Injection Vulnerability", "refsource": "BUGTRAQ", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/536839/100/0/threaded"}]}}}, "adp": [{"providerMetadata": {"orgId": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "shortName": "CVE", "dateUpdated": "2024-08-06T07:59:00.479Z"}, "title": "CVE Program Container", "references": [{"tags": ["x_refsource_MISC", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://karmainsecurity.com/KIS-2015-10"}, {"name": "20151104 [KIS-2015-10] Piwik <= 2.14.3 (DisplayTopKeywords) PHP Object Injection Vulnerability", "tags": ["mailing-list", "x_refsource_FULLDISC", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Nov/15"}, {"tags": ["x_refsource_MISC", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134220/Piwik-2.14.3-PHP-Object-Injection.html"}, {"tags": ["x_refsource_CONFIRM", "x_transferred"], "url": "https://piwik.org/changelog/piwik-2-15-0/"}, {"name": "20151104 [KIS-2015-10] Piwik <= 2.14.3 (DisplayTopKeywords) PHP Object Injection Vulnerability", "tags": ["mailing-list", "x_refsource_BUGTRAQ", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/536839/100/0/threaded"}]}]}, "cveMetadata": {"assignerOrgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca", "assignerShortName": "mitre", "cveId": "CVE-2015-7816", "datePublished": "2015-11-16T19:00:00.000Z", "dateReserved": "2015-10-14T00:00:00.000Z", "dateUpdated": "2024-08-06T07:59:00.479Z", "state": "PUBLISHED"}, "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.1"}

{"configurations": [{"nodes": [{"cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:matomo:matomo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "matchCriteriaId": "D0D0E855-7817-4341-B32A-F508842FC8CC", "versionEndIncluding": "2.14.3", "vulnerable": true}], "negate": false, "operator": "OR"}]}], "cveTags": [], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "The DisplayTopKeywords function in plugins/Referrers/Controller.php in Piwik before 2.15.0 allows remote attackers to conduct PHP object injection attacks, conduct Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) attacks, and execute arbitrary PHP code via a crafted HTTP header."}, {"lang": "es", "value": "La funci\u00f3n DisplayTopKeywords en plugins/Referrers/Controller.php en Piwik en versiones anteriores a 2.15.0 permite a atacantes remotos llevar a cabo ataques de inyecci\u00f3n de objetos PHP, ejecutar ataques de SSRF y ejecutar c\u00f3digo PHP arbitrario a trav\u00e9s de una cabecera HTTP manipulada."}], "evaluatorComment": "<a href=\"https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/918.html\">CWE-918: Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)</a>", "id": "CVE-2015-7816", "lastModified": "2026-05-06T22:30:45.220", "metrics": {"cvssMetricV2": [{"acInsufInfo": false, "baseSeverity": "HIGH", "cvssData": {"accessComplexity": "LOW", "accessVector": "NETWORK", "authentication": "NONE", "availabilityImpact": "PARTIAL", "baseScore": 7.5, "confidentialityImpact": "PARTIAL", "integrityImpact": "PARTIAL", "vectorString": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P", "version": "2.0"}, "exploitabilityScore": 10.0, "impactScore": 6.4, "obtainAllPrivilege": false, "obtainOtherPrivilege": false, "obtainUserPrivilege": false, "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary", "userInteractionRequired": false}]}, "published": "2015-11-16T19:59:05.707", "references": [{"source": "cve@mitre.org", "tags": ["Exploit"], "url": "http://karmainsecurity.com/KIS-2015-10"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "tags": ["Exploit"], "url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134220/Piwik-2.14.3-PHP-Object-Injection.html"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "tags": ["Exploit"], "url": "http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Nov/15"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/536839/100/0/threaded"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "tags": ["Vendor Advisory"], "url": "https://piwik.org/changelog/piwik-2-15-0/"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": ["Exploit"], "url": "http://karmainsecurity.com/KIS-2015-10"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": ["Exploit"], "url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134220/Piwik-2.14.3-PHP-Object-Injection.html"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": ["Exploit"], "url": "http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Nov/15"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/536839/100/0/threaded"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": ["Vendor Advisory"], "url": "https://piwik.org/changelog/piwik-2-15-0/"}], "sourceIdentifier": "cve@mitre.org", "vulnStatus": "Modified", "weaknesses": [{"description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "NVD-CWE-Other"}], "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}]}