CVE-2020-35489

high-risk
Published 2020-12-17

The contact-form-7 (aka Contact Form 7) plugin before 5.3.2 for WordPress allows Unrestricted File Upload and remote code execution because a filename may contain special characters.

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90.3% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 10% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Fix available
Upgrade to: ab6e1a2c7fd4b4c2e351d43b9dc4faa8c1bc8bf9
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CVSS 10.0/10 Critical
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Rocklobster

References (10)

Vendor Advisory https://contactform7.com/2020/12/17/contact-form-7-532/
Release Notes https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7/#developers
Third Party Advisory https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/10508
Third Party Advisory https://www.getastra.com/blog/911/plugin-exploit/contact-form-7-unrestricted-fil...
Third Party Advisory https://www.jinsonvarghese.com/unrestricted-file-upload-in-contact-form-7/
Vendor Advisory https://contactform7.com/2020/12/17/contact-form-7-532/
Release Notes https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7/#developers
Third Party Advisory https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/10508
Third Party Advisory https://www.getastra.com/blog/911/plugin-exploit/contact-form-7-unrestricted-fil...
Third Party Advisory https://www.jinsonvarghese.com/unrestricted-file-upload-in-contact-form-7/
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high-risk
Severity 33/34 · Critical
Exploitability 20/34 · Moderate
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal