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CVE-2021-24281: In the Redirection for Contact Form 7 WordPress plugin before 2.3.4, any authenticated user, such as a subscriber, could use the delete_action_post AJAX action to delete any post on a target site.

medium Affects redirection-for-contact-form-7 (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.4, updated 2026-10-29; published ; advisory modified .

In the Redirection for Contact Form 7 WordPress plugin before 2.3.4, any authenticated user, such as a subscriber, could use the delete_action_post AJAX action to delete any post on a target site.

Package
redirection-for-contact-form-7 (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions
<2.3.4
Fixed in
2.3.4
Severity
medium  CVSS 4.3
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 1% (51.6th percentile)
Published
2021-05-14
Source
nvd

References

CWE-863
NVD recordredirection-for-contact-form-7 (WordPress plugin) advisories

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