Arbitrary file upload in cformsII - CVE-2014-9473
Published: August 12, 2019 / Updated: April 7, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU20057
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-9473
CWE-ID: CWE-434
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input when uploading files in "lib_nonajax.php" script. A remote attacker can upload and execute arbitrary file on the server via the the "cf_uploadfile2[]" parameter.
Affected software
cformsII
How to mitigate CVE-2014-9473
Install update from vendor's website.
cformsII - update to 14.8