CVE-2025-8141: Redirection for Contact Form 7 <= 3.2.4 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Deletion

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2025-08-20 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

The Redirection for Contact Form 7 plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file deletion due to insufficient file path validation in the delete_associated_files function in all versions up to, and including, 3.2.4. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary files on the server, which can easily lead to remote code execution when the right file is deleted (such as wp-config.php).

Affected products

themeisle Redirection for Contact Form 7: through 3.2.4

References

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpcf7-redirect/tags/3.2.3/classes/class-wpcf7r-save-files.php#L80
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/fafd0159-25ab-430d-88ef-c4d09d23baa7?source=cve

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