CVE-2025-14074
📋 TL;DR
The PDF for Contact Form 7 + Drag and Drop Template Builder WordPress plugin has an authorization bypass vulnerability that allows authenticated users with Subscriber-level access or higher to duplicate any posts, including private or password-protected content. This affects all WordPress sites using this plugin up to version 6.3.3. Attackers can exploit this to copy sensitive content they shouldn't have access to.
💻 Affected Systems
- PDF for Contact Form 7 + Drag and Drop Template Builder WordPress plugin
⚠️ Manual Verification Required
This CVE does not have specific version information in our database, so automatic vulnerability detection cannot determine if your system is affected.
Why? The CVE database entry doesn't specify which versions are vulnerable (no version ranges provided by the vendor/NVD).
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- Review the CVE details at NVD
- Check vendor security advisories for your specific version
- Test if the vulnerability is exploitable in your environment
- Consider updating to the latest version as a precaution
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Attackers could duplicate sensitive private posts containing confidential information, intellectual property, or unpublished content, leading to data exposure and potential compliance violations.
Likely Case
Malicious users or compromised accounts duplicate posts to create spam content, disrupt site organization, or copy restricted content for unauthorized distribution.
If Mitigated
With proper user access controls and monitoring, impact is limited to minor content duplication that can be detected and cleaned up.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires authenticated access but is technically simple - attackers just need to call the vulnerable function with appropriate parameters.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: 6.3.4 or later
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Plugins → Installed Plugins. 3. Find 'PDF for Contact Form 7 + Drag and Drop Template Builder'. 4. Click 'Update Now' if update is available. 5. Alternatively, download version 6.3.4+ from WordPress repository and manually update.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Disable vulnerable plugin
allTemporarily deactivate the plugin until patched
wp plugin deactivate pdf-for-contact-form-7
Restrict user roles
allLimit Subscriber and other low-privilege accounts until patch is applied
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement strict user access controls and monitor for unusual post duplication activity
- Use web application firewall rules to block requests to the vulnerable 'rednumber_duplicate' function
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin → Plugins → Installed Plugins for 'PDF for Contact Form 7 + Drag and Drop Template Builder' version 6.3.3 or earlierCheck Version:
wp plugin get pdf-for-contact-form-7 --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
Verify plugin version is 6.3.4 or higher in WordPress admin panel📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Multiple POST requests to admin-ajax.php with 'action=rednumber_duplicate' parameter from low-privilege users
- Unusual post duplication events in WordPress activity logs
Network Indicators:
- HTTP POST requests containing 'rednumber_duplicate' action parameter
SIEM Query:
source="wordpress_logs" action="post_duplicate" user_role="subscriber" OR user_role="contributor"🔗 References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/pdf-for-contact-form-7/tags/6.3.2/backend/index.php#L697
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/pdf-for-contact-form-7/trunk/backend/index.php#L697
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3416014%40pdf-for-contact-form-7&new=3416014%40pdf-for-contact-form-7&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0d00b50c-949a-4fd0-9eab-3555d263fcc7?source=cve
