CVE-2014-8739

highpriority · act · 81EPSS 0.919 · 100 %ileexploit · weaponizedEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

3 exploits · weaponized

Likely / severe?

91.9% (100th) EPSS

CVSS 7.5 · high

Is it mine?

5 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

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.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

9.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 7.5–9.8

v2.07.5highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 6.4

v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 5.9

v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Hsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-434USprimaryCWE-434US

exploits (3)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

exploit/unix/webapp/wp_creativecontactform_file_uploadWordpress Creative Contact Form Upload Vulnerabilityweaponized · metasploit
EDB-36811WordPress Plugin Creative Contact Form - Arbitrary File Upload (Metasploit)functional · exploit_db
EDB-35057WordPress Plugin 0.9.7 / Joomla! Component 2.0.0 Creative Contact Form - Arbitrary File UploadPoC · exploit_db

affected products (5)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
creative-solutions creative contact form< 1.0.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:creative-solutions:creative_contact_form:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
creative-solutions creative contact form< 2.0.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:creative-solutions:creative_contact_form:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
jquery file upload project jquery file upload= 6.4.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:jquery_file_upload_project:jquery_file_upload:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Packagist blueimp/jquery-file-uploadall versionsosvUSpkg:composer/blueimp/jquery-file-upload

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

GHSA-wxg6-f773-g2f7jQuery File Upload Plugin Unrestricted file upload vulnerability2022-05-17ghsa · osvUS
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.

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd osv NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2020-02-08modified 2026-06-17

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references (25)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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