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GHSA-FF4X-RGP2-VM8C

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-06-16 06:30 – Updated: 2026-06-16 06:30

Details

The Abandoned Contact Form 7 plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized arbitrary post deletion in versions up to, and including, 2.2. This is due to a missing capability check and missing nonce validation in the action__remove_abandoned() function, which is registered to both the wp_ajax_remove_abandoned and wp_ajax_nopriv_remove_abandoned hooks. The handler takes a user-supplied recover_id parameter from $_POST and passes it directly to wp_delete_post() with the force-delete flag set to true, without verifying that the ID belongs to the plugin's own cf7af_data post type. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to permanently delete arbitrary posts, pages, or other content on the affected site by sending a single admin-ajax.

Severity

5.3 (Medium)


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

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CVE-2026-9187 (GCVE-0-2026-9187)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-16 04:30 – Updated: 2026-06-16 12:37

Title

Abandoned Contact Form 7 <= 2.2 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Arbitrary Post Deletion via 'recover_id' Parameter

Summary

Severity

5.3 (Medium)


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

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)

CWE

CWE-862 - Missing Authorization

Assigner

Wordfence

References

4 references

URL	Tags
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabil…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/abando…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/abando…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/abando…

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
zealopensource	Abandoned Contact Form 7	Affected: 0 , ≤ 2.2 (semver)

Credits

Joy Gilbert

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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.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-FF4X-RGP2-VM8C

CVE-2026-9187 (GCVE-0-2026-9187)

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