CVE-2014-8739
Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in server/php/UploadHandler.php in the jQuery File Upload Plugin 6.4.4 for jQuery, as used in the…
- 9.8CriticalCVSS base score
- 91.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.2% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 4Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
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.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module, a Nuclei template and 2 Exploit-DB entries for it.
Show the exploits4
Metasploit modules1 module
- Wordpress Creative Contact Form Upload Vulnerability (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/unix/webapp/wp_creativecontactform_file_uploadRank excellentdisclosed 22 Oct 2014
Nuclei templates1 template
- WordPress Sexy Contact Form (<= 0.9.7) - Arbitrary File Upload (Nuclei template) (opens in a new tab)
http/cves/2014/CVE-2014-8739.yamlSeverity critical
Exploit-DB2 entries
- WordPress Plugin Creative Contact Form - Arbitrary File Upload (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 36811remote, phppublished 21 Apr 2015Verified
- WordPress Plugin 0.9.7 / Joomla! Component 2.0.0 Creative Contact Form - Arbitrary File Upload (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 35057webapps, phppublished 25 Oct 2014Not verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
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- 5 years later
· 5 years later
Published
- 4 years later
· 4 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 91.9% · top 0.2% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Packagistblueimp/jquery-file-uploadGHSA-wxg6-f773-g2f7 (opens in a new tab)
References
8
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35057/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36811/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/11/4 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/11/5 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/13/3 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/sexy-contact-form/changelog/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/113669 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/113673 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2022-5670 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-wxg6-f773-g2f7 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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