CVE-2026-75018Custom Contact Forms <= 7.16 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Contributor+) Arbitrary Post Deletion and Post Meta Modification via Nested 'fields[].ID' / 'choices[].ID' Parameters
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The Custom Contact Forms plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 7.16. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to permanently force-delete arbitrary posts of any post type (including pages, administrator-authored posts, and WooCommerce products) and write arbitrary ccf_field_* post meta onto any post regardless of ownership or post type. The top-level form ID is checked via edit_post/publish_posts, but the nested fields[].ID and choices[].ID paths processed by _create_and_map_fields() and _create_and_map_choices() carry no equivalent capability or post-type guard, leaving those sinks fully exposed while delete_item() and delete_submission() contain explicit post-type restriction fixes demonstrating the developer's awareness of scoping requirements.
- CVSS
- 4.3 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-862
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Wordfence
- NVD analysis
- Deferred
- Record last updated
- Sep 7, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
outlawgt Custom Contact Forms outlawgt:custom_contact_forms (from the name) | through 7.16 | CNA record |
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9a34ec54-7629-4c14-b5e0-d47f5d3a72ce?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/custom-contact-forms/tags/7.15.0/classes/class-ccf-api-form-controller.php#L291
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/custom-contact-forms/tags/7.15.2/classes/class-ccf-api-form-controller.php#L291
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/custom-contact-forms/tags/7.15.2/classes/class-ccf-api-form-controller.php#L336
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/custom-contact-forms/tags/7.15.2/classes/class-ccf-api-form-controller.php#L360
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/custom-contact-forms/tags/7.15.2/classes/class-ccf-api-form-controller.php#L1026
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/custom-contact-forms/tags/7.15.2/classes/class-ccf-api-form-controller.php#L993
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/custom-contact-forms/tags/7.15.2/classes/class-ccf-api-form-controller.php#L977
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/custom-contact-forms/tags/7.15.0/classes/class-ccf-api-form-controller.php#L336
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/custom-contact-forms/tags/7.15.0/classes/class-ccf-api-form-controller.php#L360
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/custom-contact-forms/tags/7.15.0/classes/class-ccf-api-form-controller.php#L1026
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/custom-contact-forms/tags/7.15.0/classes/class-ccf-api-form-controller.php#L993
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/custom-contact-forms/tags/7.15.0/classes/class-ccf-api-form-controller.php#L977
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3669565%40custom-contact-forms&new=3669565%40custom-contact-forms
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