Vigil@nce - WordPress Contact Form 7: file upload
February 2014 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can upload a malicious file on WordPress Contact Form
7, in order for example to upload a Trojan.
Impacted products: WordPress Plugins
Severity: 2/4
Creation date: 03/02/2014
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
The Contact Form 7 plugin can be installed on WordPress.
It can be used to upload a file. However, as the file type is not
restricted, a PHP file can be uploaded on the server, and then
executed.
An attacker can therefore upload a malicious file on WordPress
Contact Form 7, in order for example to upload a Trojan.
ACCESS TO THE COMPLETE VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
http://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/WordPress-Contact-Form-7-file-upload-14168