Cforms2: A security weakness
Cforms2 is affected by a security weakness. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.
- Component
- Cforms2
- Plugin slug
cforms2- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Jan 08, 2015
- Weakness
- NVD-CWE-Other
This CVE was published Jan 08, 2015 and is one of 13 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Cforms2 to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.
Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.
Technical description
Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in lib_nonajax.php in the CformsII plugin 14.7 and earlier for WordPress allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with an executable extension via the cf_uploadfile2[] parameter, then accessing the file via a direct request to the file in the default upload directory.
NVD vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P