# CVE-2025-14800: Redirection for Contact Form 7 <= 3.2.7 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Copy via move_file_to_upload

> Unauthenticated attackers can upload arbitrary files or copy server files via missing validation, potentially leading to code execution or data exposure.

- **Severity:** High 8.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 21 Dec 2025
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-rfp7-8jvc-hr8q

## What is CVE-2025-14800?

CVE-2025-14800 is a high-severity vulnerability in themeisle Redirection for Contact Form 7, published on 21 Dec 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Redirection for Contact Form 7 plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation in the 'move_file_to_upload' function in all versions up to, and including, 3.2.7. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to copy arbitrary files on the affected site's server. If 'allow_url_fopen' is set to 'On', it is possible to upload a remote file to the server.

Weakness: CWE-434 (Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-14800?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-14800?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-14800 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-14800 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-14800 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-14800 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-14800 is a high-severity vulnerability in themeisle Redirection for Contact Form 7, published on 21 Dec 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-14800 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: themeisle Redirection for 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-2025-14800/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14800/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-14800
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-14800
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-14800

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14800/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.