CVE-2025-8464

Drag and Drop Multiple File Upload for Contact Form 7 <= 1.3.9.0 - Directory Traversal via `wpcf7_guest_user_id` Cookie

2025-08-15 19:13

Strategic Overview

Status: Patched in 1.3.9.1
Affected Plugin: Drag and Drop Multiple File Upload for Contact Form 7
Affected Version: <= 1.3.9.0
CVSS: 5.3Medium
Weakness type: CWE-23 · Relative Path Traversal
CVE: CVE-2025-8464

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At a glance

CVE-2025-8464 is a medium-severity Relative Path Traversal vulnerability in the Drag and Drop Multiple File Upload for Contact Form 7 WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 1.3.9.0. It carries a CVSS score of 5.3 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires no authentication. The issue is fixed in version 1.3.9.1; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed August 2025, reported by Thien Tran.

Vulnerability Overview

The Drag and Drop Multiple File Upload for Contact Form 7 plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.9.0 via the wpcf7_guest_user_id cookie. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload and delete files outside of the originally intended directory. The impact of this vulnerability is limited, as file types are validated and only safe ones can be uploaded, while deletion is limited to the plugin's uploads folder.

Technical Analysis

The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no privileges on the target site, and no interaction from a victim user.

CWE-23: Relative Path Traversal

The product uses external input to construct a pathname that should be within a restricted directory, but it does not properly neutralize sequences such as .. that can resolve to a location that is outside of that directory.

Remediation

Update to version 1.3.9.1, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

The attempt arrives as an ordinary request to Drag and Drop Multiple File Upload for Contact Form 7: WordSec's web application firewall inspects request payloads before WordPress loads them. None of that substitutes for the fix: Drag and Drop Multiple File Upload for Contact Form 7 1.3.9.1 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

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External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-8464 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/17f7be7f-f675-4c9f-a7b3-525a3c3c5775 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-8464

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CVSS Vector

5.3

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone

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