CVE-2026-114432

Contact Form 7 6.2 - 6.2.3 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload via Invalid UTF-8 Filename

  • Critical 9.8
  • A public exploit reference is listed

Description

The Contact Form 7 WordPress plugin before 6.2.4 does not validate the type or extension of files uploaded through a form file field, and a flaw in its temporary-file cleanup leaves the uploaded file on disk, allowing unauthenticated users to upload arbitrary files to the site. On a stock Debian or Ubuntu Apache configuration, which lists directory contents and maps .phar to the PHP handler, the stored file can be located and executed, leading to Remote Code Execution. On other configurations, including nginx and Apache with .htaccess overrides enabled, the issue is limited to an arbitrary file written into the uploads directory, which may still be served as active content such as HTML or SVG from the site's own origin.

Key facts

Published
8 Nov 2026
Last changed
8 Nov 2026
Assigned by
WPScan
EPSS
0.462% likely to be exploited in the next 30 days, higher than 40.547% of CVEs (scores for 15 Nov 2026)
SSVC (CISA)
Exploitation: none; Automatable: yes; Technical impact: total

Severity scores

Each score is shown as its source gave it. They are not averaged or merged.

  • 9.8CVSS 3.1, Criticalfrom CISA (ADP container)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Historical context and remediation

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Version statuses below come from the CNA. An “unaffected” version is not necessarily a currently supported release or proof of a patch date. EPSS is a dated risk estimate, not a count of historical attacks.

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Affected products

VendorProductVersions
UnknownContact Form 7
  • Default status: unaffected
  • 6.2 up to but excluding 6.2.4 (affected)

Timeline

  1. 8 Nov 2026 Published

Weakness

References