CVE-2026-85117

Contact Form 7 Captcha 0.1.7 - 0.1.8 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution via Form Field Repopulation

State: Published
Severity: 6.5 Medium
Published: Sep 9, 2026
Updated: Sep 9, 2026
Reserved: Sep 3, 2026

Description

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.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	6.5 Medium	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N	WPScan

Weaknesses

CWE-74 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Contact Form 7 CaptchaUnknown	0.1.7 to before 0.1.9Affected

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e791e4a6-5ec1-49c7-9448-1d83ec4f4905/exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description

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