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CVE-2025-7340: HT Contact Form Widget For Elementor Page Builder & Gutenberg Blocks & Form Builder. <= 2.2.1 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-07-15 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-434

Description

The HT Contact Form Widget For Elementor Page Builder & Gutenberg Blocks & Form Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation in the temp_file_upload() function in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.1. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files on the affected site's server which may make remote code execution possible.

Affected products

• htplugins HT Contact Form – Drag & Drop Form Builder for WordPress: before 2.2.2 — fixed in 2.2.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: htplugins HT Contact Form – Drag & Drop Form Builder for WordPress 2.2.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ht-contactform/trunk/admin/Includes/Services/FileManager.php#L86
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3326887/ht-contactform/trunk/admin/Includes/Services/FileManager.php?contextall=1&old=3316109&old_path=%2Fht-contactform%2Ftrunk%2Fadmin%2FIncludes%2FServices%2FFileManager.php
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f0cb666b-bfab-492f-a74e-11dc9b171136?source=cve

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