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CVE-2014-8739

Exploitation reported by one source. First attested on 2020-02-08 by GCVE · kevintel.

  • Published2020-02-08
  • Fixed in2.0.1 · 1.0.0
  • WeaknessCWE-434

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Description

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in server/php/UploadHandler.php in the jQuery File Upload Plugin 6.4.4 for jQuery, as used in the Creative Solutions Creative Contact Form (formerly Sexy Contact Form) before 1.0.0 for WordPress and before 2.0.1 for Joomla!, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading a PHP file with an PHP extension, then accessing it via a direct request to the file in files/, as exploited in the wild in October 2014.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2014-10-25Exploit-DB entryExploit-DB
  2. 2020-02-0817:21Listed as exploited by GCVEGCVE
  3. 2020-02-0817:21Exploitation first reportedGCVE
  4. 2020-02-0818:15CVE publishedNVD

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-11-03 21:37 UTC
Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days
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Versions per branch

NVD · OSV
Creative-solutions creative contact form
BranchAffectedFixed in
2.0< 2.0.12.0.1
1.0< 1.0.01.0.0
Jquery file upload project jquery file upload
BranchAffectedFixed in
6.4= 6.4.4no fix published
blueimp/jquery-file-upload
BranchAffectedFixed in
—all versionsno fix published

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Fix

  1. Update Creative-solutions creative contact form to 2.0.1 · 1.0.0

Detection

read 2026-11-03 22:42 UTC
Nuclei template
available
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
EDB-35057EDB-36811
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
none listed
PoC-in-GitHub
Metasploit modules
1 moduleexploit/unix/webapp/wp_creativecontactform_file_uploadrank: excellentModule metadata: Metasploit Framework, © Rapid7, Inc., BSD-3-Clause.
Metasploit Framework

Sources

Identifiers

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2020-02-08
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified
GitHub Advisory
GHSA-wxg6-f773-g2f7

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-8739?

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in server/php/UploadHandler.php in the jQuery File Upload Plugin 6.4.4 for jQuery, as used in the Creative Solutions Creative Contact Form (formerly Sexy Contact Form) before 1.0.0 for WordPress and before 2.0.1 for Joomla!, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading a PHP file with an PHP extension, then accessing it via a direct request to the file in files/, as exploited in the wild in October 2014.

Is CVE-2014-8739 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2014-8739 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 91.9% on 2026-11-03, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2014-8739?

CVE-2014-8739 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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