Check Point Advisories

WordPress Contact Form 7 Plugin Arbitrary File Upload (CVE-2020-35489)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2020-3814
Date Published: 11 May 2023
Severity: Critical
Last Updated: Thursday 11 May, 2023
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2020-35489
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable? WordPress Contact Form 7 Plugin before 5.3.2 (excluding)
Vulnerability Description An arbitrary file upload vulnerability exists in WordPress Contact Form 7 Plugin. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected system.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the WordPress Contact Form 7 Plugin Arbitrary File Upload (CVE-2020-35489) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name:  WordPress Enforcement Protection.
Attack Information:  WordPress Contact Form 7 Plugin Arbitrary File Upload (CVE-2020-35489)

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