CVE-2025-14457

Drag and Drop Multiple File Upload for Contact Form 7 <= 1.3.9.2 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated File Deletion

2026-01-14 18:17
shark3y

Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 1.3.9.3
Affected Plugin
Drag and Drop Multiple File Upload for Contact Form 7
Affected Version
<= 1.3.9.2
CVSS
3.7Low
Weakness type
CWE-862 · Missing Authorization
CVE
CVE-2025-14457
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At a glance

CVE-2025-14457 is a low-severity Missing Authorization vulnerability in the Drag and Drop Multiple File Upload for Contact Form 7 WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 1.3.9.2. It carries a CVSS score of 3.7 (reachable over the network). Exploitation requires no authentication. The issue is fixed in version 1.3.9.3; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed January 2026, reported by shark3y.

Vulnerability Overview

The Drag and Drop Multiple File Upload for Contact Form 7 plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing ownership check in the dnd_codedropz_upload_delete() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.9.2. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary uploaded files when the "Send attachments as links" setting is enabled.

Technical Analysis

The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, and no privileges on the target site, and no interaction from a victim user.

CWE-862: Missing Authorization

Drag and Drop Multiple File Upload for Contact Form 7 <= 1.3.9.2 carries this weakness at dnd_codedropz_upload_delete(), and reaching it takes no account at all. A missing authorization check means a function is reachable by anyone who can reach the endpoint, because the code never asks whether the caller is allowed to perform the action.

Any user who can reach the endpoint gets to run an action reserved for higher-privileged roles, from reading protected data to changing settings or content. For Drag and Drop Multiple File Upload for Contact Form 7 the fix is 1.3.9.3: builds <= 1.3.9.2 are affected, anything from 1.3.9.3 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 1.3.9.3, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

This one needs no account at all, which puts it outside what login hardening can reach; WordSec's login security narrows the account-level paths around it, and the firewall is what inspects the request itself. None of that substitutes for the fix: Drag and Drop Multiple File Upload for Contact Form 7 1.3.9.3 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-2025-14457https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1a182243-b24a-4c46-8b65-6b38d8509a51https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-14457

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