WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

Drag and Drop Multiple File Upload for Contact Form 7 < 1.3.9.9 - Unauthenticated RCE via Control Character Filename Bypass

Description

The plugin does not validate the final name of an uploaded file after stripping characters from it, allowing unauthenticated users to defeat its file type restrictions and execute arbitrary code on the server.

Exploitation requires a non-default field configuration on one of the site's forms, and a web server that honours per-directory configuration overrides.

Proof of Concept

Affects Plugins

References

Classification

Type
RCE
OWASP top 10
CWE
CVSS

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Jakub Herman
Submitter
Jakub Herman
Submitter website
Verified
Yes

Timeline

Publicly Published
2026-08-19 (about 2 days ago)
Added
2026-08-19 (about 1 day ago)
Last Updated
2026-08-20 (about 9 hours ago)

Other