CVE-2012-3814

high

Published 2012-06-27 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

8.5

Description

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in font-upload.php in the Font Uploader plugin 1.2.4 for WordPress allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code by uploading a PHP file with a .php.ttf extension, then accessing it via a direct request to the file in font-uploader/fonts.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-18994 webapps php verified

Sammy FORGIT · 2012-06-06

WordPress Plugin Font Uploader 1.2.4 - Arbitrary File Upload

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
pippin_williamson	font_uploader	`1.2.4`
wordpress	wordpress	`-`

References

CWEs

CWE-264

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.