Gravity Upload Ajax <= 1.1 - Unrestricted File Upload

Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
CVE CVE-2014-4972
CVSS Critical (9.8)
Publicly Published August 1, 2014
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher James Hooker
Description

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in the Gravity Upload Ajax plugin 1.1 and earlier for WordPress allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with an executable extension, then accessing it via a direct request to the file under wp-content/uploads/gravity_forms.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug gravity-file-ajax-upload-free (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? No
Affected Version
  • <= 1.1
Patched Version
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