CVE-2025-14457 describes a critical vulnerability in the Drag and Drop Multiple File Upload for Contact Form 7 WordPress plugin, affecting all versions up to 1.3.9.2. This flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary uploaded files due to a missing ownership check when the "Send attachments as links" setting is enabled. The vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.4 (HIGH), indicating a network-based attack with high impact on integrity and availability, but with high attack complexity. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there public exploits in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, the CVE has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, suggesting awareness among security researchers.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.3.9.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:codedropz: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:N/I:L/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.