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CVE-2014-8739

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 91.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2020-02-08 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-434

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.

Affected products

• Creative-Solutions Creative Contact Form: before 1.0.0; before 2.0.1 — fixed in 1.0.0, 2.0.1
• Blueimp jQuery-File-Upload: 6.4.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Creative-Solutions Creative Contact Form 1.0.0, 2.0.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

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

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