CVE-2025-14457
Published: 15 January 2026
Summary
CVE-2025-14457 is a low-severity Missing Authorization (CWE-862) vulnerability in Codedropz Contact Form 7. Its CVSS base score is 3.7 (Low).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 30.5th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 AC-3 (Access Enforcement) and AC-6 (Least Privilege).
Deeper analysis
CVE-2025-14457 is a vulnerability in the Drag and Drop Multiple File Upload for Contact Form 7 plugin for WordPress, affecting all versions up to and including 1.3.9.2. It stems from a missing ownership check in the dnd_codedropz_upload_delete() function, leading to unauthorized modification of data and classified under CWE-862 (Missing Authorization). The issue enables unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary uploaded files specifically when the "Send attachments as links" setting is enabled. The CVSS v3.1 base score is 3.7 (AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N), reflecting low severity with network accessibility but high attack complexity and limited integrity impact.
Unauthenticated attackers can exploit this over the network without user interaction or privileges required. By invoking the vulnerable function without proper ownership validation, they can target and delete any uploaded files accessible via the plugin when the specified setting is active, potentially disrupting file-dependent workflows on affected WordPress sites.
Mitigation details are outlined in the WordPress plugin trac changeset 3428236 and Wordfence threat intelligence advisory at https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1a182243-b24a-4c46-8b65-6b38d8509a51?source=cve, which cover the patch implementation and additional remediation guidance.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2026-2827
Vulnerability details
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…
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makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary uploaded files when the "Send attachments as links" setting is enabled.
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Why these techniques?
Missing authorization in public-facing WordPress plugin enables unauthenticated network exploitation for arbitrary file deletion.
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Directly enforces authorization checks on the dnd_codedropz_upload_delete() function so unauthenticated callers cannot delete arbitrary uploaded files.
Restricts the privileges granted to the Contact Form 7 upload/delete operations, limiting the impact when the ownership check is absent.
Validates that delete requests contain proper ownership context before the vulnerable function acts on them.