Redirection for Contact Form 7 <= 3.2.4 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Deletion

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CVE CVE-2025-8141
CVSS High (8.8)
Publicly Published August 19, 2025
Last Updated August 20, 2025
Researcher Phat RiO - BlueRock
Description

The Redirection for Contact Form 7 plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file deletion due to insufficient file path validation in the delete_associated_files function in all versions up to, and including, 3.2.4. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary files on the server, which can easily lead to remote code execution when the right file is deleted (such as wp-config.php).

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wpcf7-redirect (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 3.2.4
Patched Version
  • 3.2.5
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