Drag and Drop Multiple File Upload for Contact Form 7 <= 1.3.9.7 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload via Non-ASCII Filename Blacklist Bypass
78Vexday Risk Score
Patch now. It exploitation observed by VulnCheck and has a working public exploit.
ssvc Actcvss 8.1epss 4.2%
from disclosure to weapon21 days
Published on NVDApr 17
1st PoC+21d
VulnCheck+3d
exploitation probability
4.2%top 10% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
yesVulnCheck
6 public exploit(s)
The Drag and Drop Multiple File Upload for Contact Form 7 plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file upload in versions up to, and including, 1.3.9.7. This is due to insufficient file type validation that occurs when custom blacklist types are configured, which replaces the default dangerous extension denylist instead of merging with it, and the wpcf7_antiscript_file_name() sanitization function being bypassed for filenames containing non-ASCII characters. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files, such as PHP files, to the server, which can be leveraged to achieve remote code execution. The vulnerability was originally reported by Leonid Semenenko (lsemenenko) and partially patched in version 1.3.9.7. A bypass for the patch was separately discovered and reported by Nguyen Hung (Mitchell).
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
glenwpcoder · Drag and Drop Multiple File Upload for Contact Form 7public PoCs found — 6
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References
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/drag-and-drop-multiple-file-upload-contact-form-7/tags/1.3.9.6/inc/dnd-upload-cf7.php#L62https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/drag-and-drop-multiple-file-upload-contact-form-7/tags/1.3.9.6/inc/dnd-upload-cf7.php#L883https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/drag-and-drop-multiple-file-upload-contact-form-7/tags/1.3.9.6/inc/dnd-upload-cf7.php#L970https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/drag-and-drop-multiple-file-upload-contact-form-7/tags/1.3.9.6/inc/dnd-upload-cf7.php#L987https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3508522/drag-and-drop-multiple-file-upload-contact-form-7https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3548901/https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/38f95d40-a6d4-429c-9872-9d2531e942eb?source=cve