CVE-2014-8739 - CVE House
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Status published Critical CVE-2014-8739

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in server/php/UploadHandler.php in the jQuery File...

Vulnerability Description

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.

Impact Analysis

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Remediation

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Credits & Attribution

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References

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Affected Vendor

creative-solutions

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Affected Software

creative contact form, jquery file upload
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 6.4.4

Timeline

Official Publish: February 8th, 2020
Last Modified: August 6th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.