CVE-2025-7341 describes a critical arbitrary file deletion vulnerability in the HT Contact Form Widget for Elementor & Gutenberg plugin for WordPress, affecting all versions up to and including 2.2.1. This flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary files on the server due to insufficient file path validation. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), the vulnerability has a low attack complexity and can lead to severe impacts, including remote code execution if critical files like wp-config.php are deleted. While there is no known exploit code publicly available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating high awareness, though it is not currently listed in CISA's KEV catalog.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:hasthemes:download_contact_form_7_widget_for_elementor_page_builder_\&_gutenberg_blocks:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/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.
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.