Redirection for Contact Form 7: known security problems
19 known security problems reported for this WordPress plugin, with the affected versions, the fix and what to do.
Updated
In short
There are 19 known security problems on this page. Each one has a fixed version. Updating to version 3.2.12 or newer covers every fixed problem listed here.
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A stranger could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (from 2.2.7 up to and including 3.2.11)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- From 2.2.7 up to and including 3.2.11
- Fixed in
- 3.2.12
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Redirection for Contact Form 7 to version 3.2.12 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-111574
- Report title
- Redirection for Contact Form 7 2.2.7 - 3.2.11 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
A stranger could use it to harm your site (from 2.2.7 up to and including 3.2.10)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- From 2.2.7 up to and including 3.2.10
- Fixed in
- 3.2.11
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Redirection for Contact Form 7 to version 3.2.11 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-80439
- Report title
- Redirection for Contact Form 7 2.2.7 - 3.2.10 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
A stranger could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 3.2.8)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 3.2.8
- Fixed in
- 3.2.9
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Redirection for Contact Form 7 to version 3.2.9 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-23970
- Report title
- Redirection for Contact Form 7 <= 3.2.8 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
A stranger could use it to harm your site (up to and including 3.2.7)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 3.2.7
- Fixed in
- 3.2.8
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Redirection for Contact Form 7 to version 3.2.8 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2025-14800
- Report title
- Redirection for Contact Form 7 <= 3.2.7 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Copy via move_file_to_upload
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 3.2.6
- Fixed in
- 3.2.7
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Redirection for Contact Form 7 to version 3.2.7 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2025-9562
- Report title
- Redirection for Contact Form 7 <= 3.2.6 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via qs_date Shortcode
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
A stranger could read or delete private files on your server
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 3.2.4
- Fixed in
- 3.2.5
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Redirection for Contact Form 7 to version 3.2.5 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2025-8141
- Report title
- Redirection for Contact Form 7 <= 3.2.4 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Deletion
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
A stranger could in some setups, take over your site (up to and including 3.2.4)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 3.2.4
- Fixed in
- 3.2.5
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Redirection for Contact Form 7 to version 3.2.5 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2025-8289
- Report title
- Redirection for Contact Form 7 <= 3.2.4 - Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection via PHAR Deserialization
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
A stranger could in some setups, take over your site (up to and including 3.2.4) (2)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 3.2.4
- Fixed in
- 3.2.5
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Redirection for Contact Form 7 to version 3.2.5 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2025-8145
- Report title
- Redirection for Contact Form 7 <= 3.2.4 - Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could do things on your site they should not be allowed to (up to and including 2.9.2)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 2.9.2
- Fixed in
- 3.0.0
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Redirection for Contact Form 7 to version 3.0.0 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2023-39920
- Report title
- Redirection for Contact Form 7 <= 2.9.2 - Missing Authorization
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (from 2.3.7 up to and including 2.8.0)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- From 2.3.7 up to and including 2.8.0
- Fixed in
- 2.9.0
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Redirection for Contact Form 7 to version 2.9.0 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2023-33999
- Report title
- Freemius SDK <= 2.5.9 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via fs_request_get
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone with an editor account on your site could take over your site as an admin
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 2.7.0
- Fixed in
- 2.8.0
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Redirection for Contact Form 7 to version 2.8.0 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2023-23990
- Report title
- Redirection for Contact Form 7 <= 2.7.0 - Authenticated(Editor+) Privilege Escalation
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could do things on your site they should not be allowed to (up to and including 2.4.0)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 2.4.0
- Fixed in
- 2.7.0
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Redirection for Contact Form 7 to version 2.7.0 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2021-36913
- Report title
- Redirection for Contact Form 7 <= 2.4.0 - Missing Authorization
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 2.4.0)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 2.4.0
- Fixed in
- 2.5.0
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Redirection for Contact Form 7 to version 2.5.0 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2022-0250
- Report title
- Redirection for Contact Form 7 <= 2.4.0 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could do things on your site they should not be allowed to (before 2.5.0)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Before 2.5.0
- Fixed in
- 2.5.0
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Redirection for Contact Form 7 to version 2.5.0 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2022-4974
- Report title
- Freemius SDK <= 2.4.2 - Missing Authorization Checks
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could use it to harm your site (before 2.3.4)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Before 2.3.4
- Fixed in
- 2.3.4
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Redirection for Contact Form 7 to version 2.3.4 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2021-24279
- Report title
- Redirection for Contact Form 7 <= 2.3.3 - Authenticated Arbitrary Plugin Installation
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
A stranger could use it to harm your site (before 2.3.4)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Before 2.3.4
- Fixed in
- 2.3.4
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Redirection for Contact Form 7 to version 2.3.4 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2021-24278
- Report title
- Redirection for Contact Form 7 <= 2.3.3 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Nonce Generation
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could in some setups, take over your site
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Before 2.3.4
- Fixed in
- 2.3.4
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Redirection for Contact Form 7 to version 2.3.4 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2021-24280
- Report title
- Redirection for Contact Form 7 <= 2.3.3 - Authenticated PHP Object Injection
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could use it to harm your site (before 2.3.4) (2)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Before 2.3.4
- Fixed in
- 2.3.4
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Redirection for Contact Form 7 to version 2.3.4 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2021-24282
- Report title
- Redirection for Contact Form 7 <= 2.3.3 - Unprotected AJAX Actions
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could use it to harm your site (before 2.3.4) (3)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Before 2.3.4
- Fixed in
- 2.3.4
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Redirection for Contact Form 7 to version 2.3.4 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2021-24281
- Report title
- Redirection for Contact Form 7 <= 2.3.3 - Authenticated Arbitrary Post Deletion
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
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