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CVE-2012-10020
FoxyPress <= 0.4.2.1 - Arbitrary File Upload
Critical9.8EPSS 4.8%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- Wordfence
Description
The FoxyPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation in the uploadify.php file in versions up to, and including, 0.4.2.1. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files on the affected sites server which may make remote code execution possible.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| WordfenceCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.8% · top 8.1% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Weakness
Affected products
WebMovementLLC · FoxyPress
- affected < 0.4.2.2
References (5)
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8fbc88da-8944-433c-b94d-9604ffe13d8a?source=cve (opens in a new tab)
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/113576/ (opens in a new tab)
- https://web.archive.org/web/20210120060045/https%3A//www.securityfocus.com/bid/53805/info (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/555071 (opens in a new tab)
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/exploits/unix/webapp/wp_foxypress_upload.rb (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .