CVE-2025-14457: Drag and Drop Multiple File Upload for Contact Form 7 <= 1.3.9.2 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated File Deletion

Severity: high (CVSS 7.4 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2026-01-15 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-862

Description

The Drag and Drop Multiple File Upload for Contact Form 7 plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing ownership check in the dnd_codedropz_upload_delete() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.9.2. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary uploaded files when the "Send attachments as links" setting is enabled.

Affected products

CodeDropz Contact Form 7: through 1.3.9.2

References

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3428236/drag-and-drop-multiple-file-upload-contact-form-7
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1a182243-b24a-4c46-8b65-6b38d8509a51?source=cve

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