Website Contact Form With File Upload: Dangerous file upload

Website Contact Form With File Upload is affected by dangerous file upload. The vulnerable path is reachable without authentication. Successful exploitation can place attacker-controlled executable content on the server and may lead to full site compromise.

CVE / CNA score 9.8 CVSS 3.1 · security@wordfence.com

NVD score Pending NVD has not published its own CVSS assessment.

Component: Website Contact Form With File Upload
Plugin slug: website-contact-form-with-file-upload
Affected: See vendor advisory
Safe version: See mitigation notes
Published: Jul 22, 2025
Weakness: CWE-434 — Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

This CVE was published Jul 22, 2025 and is one of 1 known issue for this plugin.

What to do

Update, patch or deactivate.

Update Website Contact Form With File Upload to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.

No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.

Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.

Source record

Technical description

The Website Contact Form With File Upload plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation in the 'upload_file()' function in versions up to, and including, 1.3.4. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files on the affected sites server which may make remote code execution possible.

CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Update, patch or deactivate.

Technical description

Primary and upstream sources