CVE-2025-8145
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The Redirection for Contact Form 7 plugin for WordPress contains a PHP Object Injection vulnerability (CVE-2025-8145) affecting all versions up to and including 3.2.4. The vulnerability was discovered and reported by Wordfence, with the initial disclosure made on August 19, 2025 (NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability exists in the get_lead_fields function where untrusted input is deserialized, allowing for PHP Object Injection. The issue has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.8 (HIGH) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. The vulnerability is classified under CWE-502 (Deserialization of Untrusted Data) (NVD, Wordfence).

Impact

The vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to inject PHP Objects, which can lead to arbitrary file deletion when combined with a POP chain in the Contact Form 7 plugin. Under certain server configurations, the vulnerability can potentially lead to Remote Code Execution (NVD).

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