HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2012-3814

Font Uploader vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
10.3%
EPSS pct
95th
Exploited
No known
Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in font-upload.php in the Font Uploader plugin 1.2.4 for WordPress allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code by uploading a PHP file with a .php.ttf extension, then accessing it via a direct request to the file in font-uploader/fonts.
Affected vendor
Pippin Williamson
Affected product
Font Uploader
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-264 — Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
Published
2012-06-27

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 10.3% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 95% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2012-3814

  • Confirm whether Pippin Williamson Font Uploader is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2012-3814.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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