CVE-2021-24905

Advanced Contact form 7 DB < 1.8.7 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary File Deletion

HIGH
8
CVSS Score
Published: March 21, 2022 at 06:55 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:41 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorAdvanced CF7 DB

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Severity
HIGH8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.8%

Description

The Advanced Contact form 7 DB WordPress plugin before 1.8.7 does not have authorisation nor CSRF checks in the acf7_db_edit_scr_file_delete AJAX action, and does not validate the file to be deleted, allowing any authenticated user to delete arbitrary files on the web server. For example, removing the wp-config.php allows attackers to trigger WordPress setup again, gain administrator privileges and execute arbitrary code or display arbitrary content to the users.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Advanced CF7 DB· Vsourzwordpress-plugin
95%
v < 1.8.7
Affected range stops below 1.8.7, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (1)

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-863CWE-352

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