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CVE-2019-10869 (GCVE-0-2019-10869)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-05-07 17:07 – Updated: 2026-08-17 17:23
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Summary
Path Traversal and Unrestricted File Upload exists in the Ninja Forms plugin before 3.0.23 for WordPress (when the Uploads add-on is activated). This allows an attacker to traverse the file system to access files and execute code via the includes/fields/upload.php (aka upload/submit page) name and tmp_name parameters.
Severity
8.1 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
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References
Date Public
2019-05-04 00:00
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