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CVE-2014-8739

jQuery File Upload Plugin Unrestricted file upload vulnerability

9.8 CriticalPublic exploit

CVE-2014-8739 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Creative-solutions Creative Contact Form, published February 8, 2020. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 91.9%, the 99th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

What does this mean?
Severity
9.8 CriticalCVSS 3.1, NVD
Exploit chance
91.9%EPSS, 99th percentile
Exploitation
None known4 public exploits
Fixed in
No fix listedNo source names one

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.

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
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

91.9%Up 67.1 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
blueimp/jquery-file-upload
Packagist
6.4.4 to 6.4.4None known
blueimp/jquery-file-upload
Packagist
Listed versions
6.4.4
None known

Public exploits

Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.

Public exploits
SourceLinkDate
MetasploitWordpress Creative Contact Form Upload Vulnerability2014-10-22
Exploit-DBWordPress Plugin 0.9.7 / Joomla! Component 2.0.0 Creative Contact Form - Arbitrary File Upload2014-10-25
Exploit-DBWordPress Plugin Creative Contact Form - Arbitrary File Upload (Metasploit)2015-04-21
NucleiWordPress Sexy Contact Form (<= 0.9.7) - Arbitrary File Upload

What each source reports

NVD Score used9.8

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.

Record
CVE-2014-8739
CVSS 3.1
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0
7.5 HighAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness
CWE-434
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE ListNo score

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.

Record
CVE-2014-8739
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-5670No score

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.

Record
EUVD-2022-5670
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-wxg6-f773-g2f7No score

jQuery File Upload Plugin Unrestricted file upload vulnerability

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.

Record
GHSA-wxg6-f773-g2f7
Weakness
CWE-434
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-wxg6-f773-g2f7No score

jQuery File Upload Plugin Unrestricted file upload vulnerability

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.

Record
GHSA-wxg6-f773-g2f7
Weakness
CWE-434
Updated
2026-11-02

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
exploits, facts
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, Metasploit, Nuclei, NVD, OSV

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