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CVE-2026-80439 (GCVE-0-2026-80439)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-06 09:36 – Updated: 2026-09-06 10:43

Title

Redirection for Contact Form 7 2.2.7 - 3.2.10 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution via Action Setting Mail-Tags

Summary

The Redirection for Contact Form 7 WordPress plugin from 2.2.7 before 3.2.11 does not prevent shortcodes in submitted form values from being executed when it substitutes those values into an action's settings and then processes those settings for shortcodes, allowing unauthenticated users to run any shortcode registered on the site and read its output.

Severity

4.8 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-09-06 10:41 UTC

CWE

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

Assigner

WPScan mitre root

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/96562897-f18c-45…	exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE status
Unknown	Redirection for Contact Form 7	Affected: 2.2.7 , < 3.2.11 (semver)	guessed

Credits

Jakub Herman WPScan

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FKIE_CVE-2026-80439

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-09-06 10:17 - Updated: 2026-09-06 11:18

Severity

4.8 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Summary

References

	URL	Tags
	contact@wpscan.com	https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/96562897-f18c-45d3-9f31-0e40e8df1383/

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version

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GHSA-XH44-7J66-Q7XJ

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-09-06 12:30 – Updated: 2026-09-06 12:30

Details

Severity

4.8 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

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  "modified": "2026-09-06T12:30:23Z",
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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

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Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
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Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
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Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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