CVE-2020-9364 Path traversal in n/a
An attacker can exploit a directory traversal flaw in the Creative Contact Form plugin to read arbitrary files from the server via email attachments.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-9364?
CVE-2020-9364 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 4 Mar 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-22
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-9364?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Creative-Solutions Creative Contact Form.
How do I fix CVE-2020-9364?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-9364 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2020-9364 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-9364 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-8c7v-p9q4-7x63.