CVE-2015-10137: Website Contact Form With File Upload <= 1.3.4 - Arbitrary File Upload

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2025-07-22 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-434

Description

The Website Contact Form With File Upload plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation in the 'upload_file()' function in versions up to, and including, 1.3.4. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files on the affected sites server which may make remote code execution possible.

Affected products

N-Media Website Contact Form With File Upload: through 1.3.4

References

https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131413/
https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131514/
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/website-contact-form-with-file-upload/trunk/readme.txt
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/website-contact-form-with-file-upload/trunk/readme.txt#L147
https://www.acunetix.com/vulnerabilities/web/wordpress-plugin-n-media-website-contact-form-with-file-upload-arbitrary-file-upload-1-3-4/
https://www.homelab.it/index.php/2015/04/12/wordpress-n-media-website-contact-form-shell-upload/
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8395e0c4-3feb-4551-9f2f-7b80cd187eca?source=cve

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