{"id":59537,"date":"2025-07-21T11:21:33","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T11:21:33","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-09-03T19:03:58","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T01:03:58","slug":"cve-2025-7360-unauthenticated-arbitrary-file-moving-vulnerability-in-ht-contact-form-widget-for-wordpress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-7360-unauthenticated-arbitrary-file-moving-vulnerability-in-ht-contact-form-widget-for-wordpress\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-7360: Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Moving Vulnerability in HT Contact Form Widget For WordPress<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE-2025-7360 is a critical vulnerability that resides in the HT Contact Form Widget For Elementor Page Builder &#038; Gutenberg Blocks &#038; Form Builder plugin for WordPress. This vulnerability, if exploited, allows an unauthenticated attacker to move arbitrary files on the server, potentially leading to remote code execution. A successful exploit can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-30404-integer-overflow-vulnerability-in-executorch-resulting-in-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"75966\">result in a full system<\/a> compromise or data leakage, impacting the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected system. This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-52809-php-remote-file-inclusion-vulnerability-in-national-weather-service-alerts\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"65963\">vulnerability underscores the importance of proper file<\/a> path validation in web applications and the potential consequences of not securing all endpoints.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-7360<br \/>\nSeverity: Critical (CVSS 9.1)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: None<br \/>\nUser Interaction: None<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-50160-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-windows-rras-posing-system-compromise-risk\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"78531\">System compromise<\/a> or data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-3039412870\" class=\"ameeb-content-2 ameeb-entity-placement\"><div style=\"border-left: 4px solid #555; padding-left: 20px; margin: 48px 0; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 700px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 8px;\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Best-App-icon-Ameeba.png\" alt=\"Ameeba Chat Icon\" style=\"width: 40px; height: 40px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    A new way to communicate\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 12px;\">\r\n    Ameeba Chat is built on encrypted identity, not personal profiles.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 16px;\">\r\n    Message, call, share files, and coordinate with identities kept separate.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\r\n    <li>\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Ameeba Chat authenticates access<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Aliases and categories<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, and files<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Secure notes for sensitive information<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\r\n    Private communication, rethought.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\/download\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Download Ameeba Chat<\/a>\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Learn More<\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p>HT <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-7340-critical-arbitrary-file-upload-vulnerability-in-ht-contact-form-widget-for-wordpress\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"66330\">Contact Form Widget<\/a> For Elementor Page Builder &#038; Gutenberg Blocks &#038; Form Builder | <= 2.2.1\n\n<strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The vulnerability exists in the handle_files_upload() function of the HT <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-8141-unauthenticated-arbitrary-file-deletion-vulnerability-in-redirection-for-contact-form-7-wordpress-plugin\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"81377\">Contact Form Widget For WordPress<\/a>. This function does not adequately validate file paths, enabling an attacker to move <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-6058-critical-arbitrary-file-upload-vulnerability-in-wpbookit-wordpress-plugin\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"66490\">arbitrary files<\/a>. If an attacker moves a sensitive file like &#8220;wp-config.php&#8221;, they can manipulate the configuration of the WordPress site, potentially leading to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-26074-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-in-orkes-conductor-v3-21-11\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"66331\">remote code execution<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here is a conceptual example of how an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-6441-unauthenticated-login-token-generation-vulnerability-in-webinarignition-wordpress-plugin\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"68911\">unauthenticated attacker might exploit this vulnerability<\/a>:<\/p><div id=\"ameeb-1281684774\" class=\"ameeb-content ameeb-entity-placement\"><div class=\"poptin-embedded\" data-id=\"f6b387694f681\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">POST \/wp-content\/plugins\/ht-contactform\/upload.php HTTP\/1.1\nHost: vulnerable-wordpress-site.com\nContent-Type: multipart\/form-data; boundary=----WebKitFormBoundary7MA4YWxkTrZu0gW\n------WebKitFormBoundary7MA4YWxkTrZu0gW\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=&quot;file&quot;; filename=&quot;wp-config.php&quot;\nContent-Type: application\/x-php\n&lt;?php\n\/\/ malicious payload here\n?&gt;\n------WebKitFormBoundary7MA4YWxkTrZu0gW--<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this example, the attacker is attempting to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-54439-unrestricted-file-upload-vulnerability-in-samsung-electronics-magicinfo-9-server\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"67017\">upload a malicious &#8220;wp-config.php&#8221; file<\/a> to the server, which if successful, could allow them to execute arbitrary code.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mitigation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To mitigate this vulnerability, users should immediately apply the vendor-provided patch. If a patch cannot be applied immediately, a web application firewall (WAF) or intrusion detection system (IDS) can be used as a temporary mitigation measure to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-8059-critical-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-b-blocks-wordpress-plugin\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"76450\">block attempts to exploit this vulnerability<\/a>. Additionally, configuring the server to limit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-54444-unrestricted-file-upload-leading-to-code-injection-in-samsung-electronics-magicinfo-9-server\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"67269\">file types that can be moved or uploaded<\/a> can further reduce the risk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview CVE-2025-7360 is a critical vulnerability that resides in the HT Contact Form Widget For Elementor Page Builder &#038; Gutenberg Blocks &#038; Form Builder plugin for WordPress. This vulnerability, if exploited, allows an unauthenticated attacker to move arbitrary files on the server, potentially leading to remote code execution. A successful exploit can result in a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"vendor":[],"product":[],"attack_vector":[80],"asset_type":[],"severity":[],"exploit_status":[],"class_list":["post-59537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","attack_vector-rce"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59537"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59537\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73827,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59537\/revisions\/73827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59537"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=59537"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=59537"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=59537"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=59537"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=59537"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=59537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}