CVE-2020-35489

critical

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.

References

Advisories
More

https://www.jinsonvarghese.com/unrestricted-file-upload-in-contact-form-7/

https://www.getastra.com/blog/911/plugin-exploit/contact-form-7-unrestricted-file-upload/

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/10508

https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7/#developers

https://github.com/kiyamehram/CVE_2020_35489_EnhancedExploit.php

https://github.com/Aju34807/vulnsight

https://github.com/0xget/cve-2001-1473

https://github.com/reneoliveirajr/wp_CVE-2020-35489_checker

https://github.com/incogbyte/cves_exploits

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2020-23160

https://contactform7.com/2020/12/17/contact-form-7-532/

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2020-12-17

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H