An issue was discovered in helpers/mailer.php in the Creative Contact Form extension 4.6.2 before 2019-12-03 for Joomla!. A directory traversal vulnerability resides in the filename field for uploaded attachments via the creativecontactform_upload parameter. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability with the "Send me a copy" option to receive any files of the filesystem via email.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2020-9364 is rated High Exploit Risk (68.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.07%). Core evidence: 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +2.53% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ | |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ | |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-06-15 | 0.54% | 3.07% | +2.53% |
| 2 | 2025-11-21 | 0.79% | 0.54% | -0.25% |
| 3 | 2025-11-18 | — | 0.79% | — |
Full EPSS history (20 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.3 | 3.1 | MEDIUM |
|
3.9 | 1.4 | [email protected] |
| 5.0 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
|
10.0 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| creative-solutions | creative_contact_form | 4.6.2 | cpe:2.3:a:creative-solutions:creative_contact_form:4.6.2:*:*:*:*:joomla\!:*:* |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156655/Creative-Contact-Form-4.6.2-Directory-Traversal.html | Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
| http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Mar/13 | Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
| https://extensions.joomla.org/extension/creative-contact-form/ | Third Party Advisory |
| https://www.ait.ac.at/themen/cyber-security/pentesting/security-advisories/ait-sa-20200301-01/ | Exploit Third Party Advisory |