# CVE-2022-3282: Drag and Drop Multiple File Upload < 1.3.6.5 - File Upload Size Limit Bypass

> Attackers can bypass file upload size limits in the Drag and Drop Multiple File Upload WordPress plugin by manipulating user input.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 17 Oct 2022
- **Updated:** 13 May 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-m3g2-fxc2-5839

## What is CVE-2022-3282?

CVE-2022-3282 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Unknown Drag and Drop Multiple File Upload – Contact Form 7, published on 17 Oct 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Drag and Drop Multiple File Upload WordPress plugin before 1.3.6.5 does not properly check for the upload size limit set in forms, taking the value from user input sent when submitting the form. As a result, attackers could control the file length limit and bypass the limit set by admins in the contact form.

Weakness: CWE-639 (Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-3282?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Codedropz Drag and Drop Multiple File Upload - Contact Form 7.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-3282?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-3282 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-3282 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-3282 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Drag and Drop Multiple File Upload – Contact Form 7

- [CVE-2020-12800](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-12800/): File upload in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2025-2328](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-2328/): Drag and Drop Multiple File Upload for Contact Form 7 <= 1.3.8.7 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Deletion (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2025-3515](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-3515/): File upload in Drag and Drop Multiple File Upload for Contact Form 7 (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2023-5822](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-5822/): Drag and Drop Multiple File Upload - Contact Form 7 <= 1.3.7.3 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2025-2485](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-2485/): Deserialization in Drag and Drop Multiple File Upload for Contact Form 7 (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-3282 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-3282 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Unknown Drag and Drop Multiple File Upload – Contact Form 7, published on 17 Oct 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-3282 exists.

Affected product: Unknown Drag and Drop Multiple File Upload – Contact Form 7. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3282/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3282/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-3282
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-3282
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-3282

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3282/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.