CVE-2014-8739
What it is
Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in server/php/UploadHandler.php in the jQuery File Upload Plugin 6.4.4 for jQuery, as used in the Creative Solutions Creative Contact Form (formerly Sexy Contact Form) before 1.0.0 for WordPress and before 2.0.1 for Joomla!, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading a PHP file with an PHP extension, then accessing it via a direct request to the file in files/, as exploited in the wild in October 2014.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited over the network without logging in. High risk of data exposure, data tampering, service disruption.
- Exploit odds
- 91.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS). Higher than most.
- Fix
- No patch or advisory is linked yet. Look at mitigations or restrict exposure.
Timeline
- ReservedThe CVE id was reserved by its CNA
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 91.9% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 9.8 CRITICAL (CVSS).
- Fix: none linked yet, which raises it.
- It meets the bar for Drop everything: critical, and exploited or very likely to be.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 91.9% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-434 · Unrestricted file upload
- Record status
- Modified
Affected
- creative-solutions Creative Contact Form < 1.0.0
- creative-solutions Creative Contact Form < 2.0.1
- Jquery File Upload Project Jquery File Upload 6.4.4
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 9.8
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Is it in your code?
Hand this to your coding agent. It searches your project for the affected products and checks versions. Nothing leaves your machine.
Read https://cve-list.com/agent/cve/CVE-2014-8739.md and follow it. Check whether this project is affected by CVE-2014-8739. Read only. Don't change anything and don't upload my code. Tell me yes, no or not sure, with the file as proof.
References
- http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/113669
- http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/113673
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/11/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/11/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/13/3
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/sexy-contact-form/changelog/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35057/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36811/
- http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/113669
- http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/113673
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/11/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/11/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/13/3
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/sexy-contact-form/changelog/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35057/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36811/