CVE-2014-8739 in creative-solutions creative contact form
LogPulse has a published detection rule for this CVE: it raises a notable when someone tries to exploit it.
What the vulnerability 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.
Affected software: creative-solutions creative contact form, jquery file upload project jquery file upload
Scores
- CVSS: 9.8 (critical)
- EPSS: 91.86% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
- CISA KEV: Not listed
- Published: 2020-02-08
What LogPulse has for it
- Detection rule: Yes, published
- Agent check (vulnerable version): No
- Mitigation: No
Source data: NIST NVD, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. LogPulse processes new CVEs every hour.
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