CVE-2023-5822 is a critical arbitrary file upload vulnerability affecting the Drag and Drop Multiple File Upload - Contact Form 7 plugin for WordPress, specifically in versions up to and including 1.3.7.3. This flaw stems from insufficient file type validation in the 'dnd_upload_cf7_upload' function, allowing unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL) due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and potential for remote code execution, leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) is not yet available. However, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, with 10 mentions, indicating a high level of interest among security researchers.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.3.7.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:codedropz:drag_and_drop_multiple_file_upload_-_contact_form_7:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.