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CRITICAL
CVE-2020-35489
Contact Form 7 Unrestricted File Upload and Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Description

The contact-form-7 (aka Contact Form 7) plugin before 5.3.2 for WordPress allows Unrestricted File Upload and remote code execution because a filename may contain special characters.

INFO

Published Date :

Dec. 17, 2020, 7:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 5:27 a.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

6.0

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2020-35489 has a 28 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2020-35489 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Rocklobster contact_form_7
: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 1
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2020-35489.

URL Resource
https://contactform7.com/2020/12/17/contact-form-7-532/ Vendor Advisory
https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7/#developers Release Notes Third Party Advisory
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/10508 Third Party Advisory
https://www.getastra.com/blog/911/plugin-exploit/contact-form-7-unrestricted-file-upload/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.jinsonvarghese.com/unrestricted-file-upload-in-contact-form-7/ Third Party Advisory
https://contactform7.com/2020/12/17/contact-form-7-532/ Vendor Advisory
https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7/#developers Release Notes Third Party Advisory
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/10508 Third Party Advisory
https://www.getastra.com/blog/911/plugin-exploit/contact-form-7-unrestricted-file-upload/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.jinsonvarghese.com/unrestricted-file-upload-in-contact-form-7/ Third Party Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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gh202503/poc-cve-2020-35489

poc-CVE-2020-35489

cve-2020-35489 rce rce-exploit poc-cve-2020-35489

Shell

Updated: 1 week, 2 days ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Jan. 6, 2025, 8:45 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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g1thubb002/poc-CVE-2020-35489

poc-CVE-2020-35489

Shell

Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Nov. 22, 2024, 9:42 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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aitech66/poc-CVE-2020-35489

POC for RCE with CVE-2020-35489

cve cve-2020-35489 exploit rce rce-exploit

Shell

Updated: 4 months ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Oct. 4, 2024, 8:04 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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romeomallavo/Server-Endpoint-Analysis-Lab

Analyzed WordPress logs, identified exploited plugins and malicious PHP web shell, and detailed attacker actions.

Updated: 4 months, 2 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Sept. 22, 2024, 8:22 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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aifuzzer/poc-CVE-2020-35489

Harnessing AI to hack the limits of possibility

ai kali pentest poc redteam reverseengineering

Shell

Updated: 4 months, 3 weeks ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Sept. 20, 2024, 1:10 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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hunthack3r/wordpress

None

Updated: 4 months ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Sept. 16, 2024, 9:26 a.m. This repo has been linked 2 different CVEs too.
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Farrhouq/Inpt-report

Imoro Umar Farouq's report on Internal Network Penetration Testing

Shell

Updated: 4 months, 4 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Sept. 12, 2024, 11:46 a.m. This repo has been linked 161 different CVEs too.
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apit-review-account/apit-tool

APIT is a CLI tool designed for API black-box vulnerability fuzzing. It captures API traffic via browser proxy and conducts deep recognition and mutation of API parameters in a tree structure. Additionally, APIV incorporates various optimization strategies to enhance the precision and efficiency of API vulnerability testing.

Updated: 7 months, 2 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : June 23, 2024, 5:23 a.m. This repo has been linked 105 different CVEs too.
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Cappricio-Securities/CVE-2017-7269

Windows Server 2003 & IIS 6.0 - Remote Code Execution

cve cve-2017-7269 pentesting remote-code-execution vapt wapt

Python

Updated: 7 months, 2 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : May 19, 2024, 1:01 p.m. This repo has been linked 2 different CVEs too.
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Cappricio-Securities/CVE-2020-35489

WordPress Contact Form 7 - Unrestricted File Upload

cve cve-2020-35489 dos vapt wapt wordpress

Python

Updated: 4 months, 4 weeks ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : May 19, 2024, 12:26 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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apif-review/APIF_tool_2024

APIF is a CLI tool designed for API black-box vulnerability testing. It captures API traffic via browser proxy and conducts deep recognition and mutation of API parameters in a tree structure. Additionally, APIV incorporates various optimization strategies to enhance the precision and efficiency of API vulnerability testing.

Updated: 9 months, 4 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : April 15, 2024, 8:39 a.m. This repo has been linked 105 different CVEs too.
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apif-review/APIF_tool_2024

None

Updated: 9 months, 4 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : April 15, 2024, 4:49 a.m. This repo has been linked 105 different CVEs too.
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thebunjo/CVE-2020-35489

None

Ruby

Updated: 11 months, 1 week ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Feb. 28, 2024, 9:29 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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d4n-sec/d4n-sec.github.io

None

CSS HTML JavaScript

Updated: 1 year ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Feb. 2, 2024, 2:11 p.m. This repo has been linked 494 different CVEs too.
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youcans896768/APIV_Tool

APIV is a CLI tool designed for API black-box vulnerability testing. It captures API traffic via browser proxy and conducts deep recognition and mutation of API parameters in a tree structure. Additionally, APIV incorporates various optimization strategies to enhance the precision and efficiency of API vulnerability testing.

Updated: 2 months ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Jan. 31, 2024, 9:57 a.m. This repo has been linked 106 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2020-35489 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2020-35489 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://contactform7.com/2020/12/17/contact-form-7-532/
    Added Reference https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7/#developers
    Added Reference https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/10508
    Added Reference https://www.getastra.com/blog/911/plugin-exploit/contact-form-7-unrestricted-file-upload/
    Added Reference https://www.jinsonvarghese.com/unrestricted-file-upload-in-contact-form-7/
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 22, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://contactform7.com/2020/12/17/contact-form-7-532/ No Types Assigned https://contactform7.com/2020/12/17/contact-form-7-532/ Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7/#developers No Types Assigned https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7/#developers Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/10508 No Types Assigned https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/10508 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.getastra.com/blog/911/plugin-exploit/contact-form-7-unrestricted-file-upload/ No Types Assigned https://www.getastra.com/blog/911/plugin-exploit/contact-form-7-unrestricted-file-upload/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.jinsonvarghese.com/unrestricted-file-upload-in-contact-form-7/ No Types Assigned https://www.jinsonvarghese.com/unrestricted-file-upload-in-contact-form-7/ Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-434
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:rocklobster:contact_form_7:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* versions up to (excluding) 5.3.2
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2020-35489 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2020-35489 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

15.91 }} 10.83%

score

0.95917

percentile

CVSS31 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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