Name: CVE-2020-35489: Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2020-12-17T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2020-35489, CWE-434, CVSS 10, EPSS 0.8928

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 Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 10
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Contact Form 7 Plugin	—	Update contact-form-7 plugin to version 5.3.2, or a newer patched version	May 15, 2025	Dec 17, 2020

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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