CVE-2020-35489
The contact-form-7 (aka Contact Form 7) plugin before 5.3.2 for WordPress allows Unrestricted File Upload and remote code execution because a filename may contain special characters.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 89.3%, higher than 100% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
The contact-form-7 (aka Contact Form 7) plugin before 5.3.2 for WordPress allows Unrestricted File Upload and remote code execution because a filename may contain special characters.
- CVSS 3.1
- 10.0 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 89.28% probability · 100th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-434
- Affected
- rocklobster/contact form 7
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 89.3% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://contactform7.com/2020/12/17/contact-form-7-532/Vendor Advisory
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7/#developersRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/10508Third Party Advisory
- https://www.getastra.com/blog/911/plugin-exploit/contact-form-7-unrestricted-file-upload/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.jinsonvarghese.com/unrestricted-file-upload-in-contact-form-7/Third Party Advisory
- https://contactform7.com/2020/12/17/contact-form-7-532/Vendor Advisory
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7/#developersRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/10508Third Party Advisory
- https://www.getastra.com/blog/911/plugin-exploit/contact-form-7-unrestricted-file-upload/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.jinsonvarghese.com/unrestricted-file-upload-in-contact-form-7/Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.