CVE-2026-85117Contact Form 7 Captcha 0.1.7 - 0.1.8 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution via Form Field Repopulation
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The Contact Form 7 Captcha WordPress plugin before 0.1.9 runs the shortcode parser over the whole rendered Contact Form 7 form, including the values a visitor submitted, allowing unauthenticated users to execute arbitrary shortcodes registered on the site.
- CVSS
- 6.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-74
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- WPScan
- NVD analysis
- Deferred
- Record last updated
- Sep 9, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
Unknown Contact Form 7 Captcha unknown:contact_form_7_captcha (from the name) | from 0.1.7 before 0.1.9 | CNA record |
References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e791e4a6-5ec1-49c7-9448-1d83ec4f4905/exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description
The CVE record on cve.org NVD's entry
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