CVE-2020-9364
An issue was discovered in helpers/mailer.php in the Creative Contact Form extension 4.6.2 before...
An issue was discovered in helpers/mailer.php in the Creative Contact Form extension 4.6.2 before 2019-12-03 for Joomla!. A directory traversal vulnerability resides in the filename field for uploaded attachments via the creativecontactform_upload parameter. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability with the "Send me a copy" option to receive any files of the filesystem via email.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
An issue was discovered in helpers/mailer.php in the Creative Contact Form extension 4.6.2 before 2019-12-03 for Joomla!. A directory traversal vulnerability resides in the filename field for uploaded attachments via the creativecontactform_upload parameter. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability with the "Send me a copy" option to receive any files of the filesystem via email.
- Record
CVE-2020-9364- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An issue was discovered in helpers/mailer.php in the Creative Contact Form extension 4.6.2 before 2019-12-03 for Joomla!. A directory traversal vulnerability resides in the filename field for uploaded attachments via the creativecontactform_upload parameter. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability with the "Send me a copy" option to receive any files of the filesystem via email.
- Record
CVE-2020-9364- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-30185 No score
An issue was discovered in helpers/mailer.php in the Creative Contact Form extension 4.6.2 before 2019-12-03 for Joomla!. A directory traversal vulnerability resides in the filename field for uploaded attachments via the creativecontactform_upload parameter. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability with the "Send me a copy" option to receive any files of the filesystem via email.
- Record
EUVD-2020-30185- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8c7v-p9q4-7x63
An issue was discovered in helpers/mailer.php in the Creative Contact Form extension 4.6.2 before...
An issue was discovered in helpers/mailer.php in the Creative Contact Form extension 4.6.2 before 2019-12-03 for Joomla!. A directory traversal vulnerability resides in the filename field for uploaded attachments via the creativecontactform_upload parameter. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability with the "Send me a copy" option to receive any files of the filesystem via email.
- Record
GHSA-8c7v-p9q4-7x63- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-9364 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) in Creative-solutions Creative Contact Form, published March 4, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.15%, the 88th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
extensions.joomla.org/extension/creative-contact-form
ait.ac.at/themen/cyber-security/pentesting/security-advisories/ait-sa-20200301-01
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Mar/13
packetstormsecurity.com/files/156655/Creative-Contact-Form-4.6.2-Directory-Traversal.html
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-9364
github.com/advisories/GHSA-8c7v-p9q4-7x63