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CVE-2014-8739CriticalCVE published 8 February 2020Added to mySites.guru 4 March 2020

Creative Contact Form (com_creativecontactform) <= 4.6.2 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload (RCE) and Directory Traversal

Creative Contact Form (formerly Sexy Contact Form) by Creative Solutions is affected by two issues. CVE-2014-8739 (CVSS 9.8, Critical): the bundled jQuery File Upload handler in server/php/UploadHandler.php accepts an unrestricted upload, so an unauthenticated attacker can upload a .php file and execute it directly - fixed in 2.0.1 for Joomla. CVE-2020-9364 (CVSS 5.3, Medium): a directory traversal in helpers/mailer.php via the creativecontactform_upload filename field lets an attacker read arbitrary files off the filesystem using the "Send me a copy" option. Update to 4.6.3 or later. Note that the CVE-2020-9364 fix shipped as a re-release of 4.6.2 dated 2019-12-03 rather than a version bump, so a 4.6.2 install cannot be told apart from a patched one by version alone and is flagged here; moving to 4.6.3 or later is the reliable fix.

Is my site affected?

Affected
Creative Contact Form up to and including 4.6.2
Fixed in
Update to 4.6.3 or later
What to do
Update Creative Contact Form to 4.6.3 or later.
Check whether your sites are affected

How severe CVE-2014-8739 is

The published CVE record has no CVSS score, so there is no vector to break down here. mySites.guru rates it Critical, and that is the rating your sites are checked against.

Timeline

  1. 8 February 2020CVE-2014-8739 record published by its CNA
  2. 4 March 2020mySites.guru check added for Creative Contact Form (up to and including 4.6.2)

Rule details

Other vulnerabilities in Creative Contact Form

Updating for CVE-2014-8739 alone can leave a site on a release another rule still matches. These are the other flaws we check for in the same extension.

Creative Contact Form

Latest safe version: 4.6.3

References

CVE-2014-8739 questions

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-8739?
CVE-2014-8739 affects Creative Contact Form up to and including 4.6.2.
How do I fix CVE-2014-8739?
Update Creative Contact Form to 4.6.3 or later. Then confirm the installed version on the Joomla administrator's Extensions: Manage screen.
How severe is CVE-2014-8739?
The published CVE record has no CVSS score. mySites.guru rates it Critical.

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