Drag and Drop Multiple File Upload Contact Form 7 up to 1.3.7.3 on WordPress unrestricted upload

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A vulnerability has been found in Drag and Drop Multiple File Upload Contact Form 7 up to 1.3.7.3 on WordPress and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to unrestricted upload. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2023-5822. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Drag and Drop Multiple File Upload Contact Form 7 up to 1.3.7.3 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin). This issue affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a unrestricted upload vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-434. The product allows the attacker to upload or transfer files of dangerous types that can be automatically processed within the product's environment. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The Drag and Drop Multiple File Upload - Contact Form 7 plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to insufficient file type validation in the 'dnd_upload_cf7_upload' function in versions up to, and including, 1.3.7.3. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files on the affected site's server which may make remote code execution possible. This can be exploited if a user authorized to edit form, which means editor privileges or above, has added a 'multiple file upload' form field with '*' acceptable file types.

The weakness was shared 11/02/2023. The advisory is shared at wordfence.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-5822 since 10/26/2023. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 04/11/2026). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1608.002 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• Drag and Drop Multiple File Upload Contact Form 7

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• 1.3.7.0
• 1.3.7.1
• 1.3.7.2
• 1.3.7.3

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