MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2020-9364

Creative Contact Form vulnerability

CVSS
5.3
EPSS
3.1%
EPSS pct
87th
Exploited
No known
An issue was discovered in helpers/mailer.php in the Creative Contact Form extension 4.6.2 before 2019-12-03 for Joomla!. A directory traversal vulnerability resides in the filename field for uploaded attachments via the creativecontactform_upload parameter. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability with the "Send me a copy" option to receive any files of the filesystem via email.
Affected vendor
Creative Solutions
Affected product
Creative Contact Form
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2020-03-04

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to low impact to confidentiality.

Its EPSS score of 3.1% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 87% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2020-9364

  • Confirm whether Creative Solutions Creative Contact Form is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2020-9364.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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