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CVE-2024-11038: WPB Popup for Contact Form 7 – Showing The Contact Form 7 Popup on Button Click – CF7 Popup <= 1.7.5 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution via wpb_pcf_fire_contact_form

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-11-19 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-94

Description

The The WPB Popup for Contact Form 7 – Showing The Contact Form 7 Popup on Button Click – CF7 Popup plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution via wpb_pcf_fire_contact_form AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 1.7.5. This is due to the software allowing users to execute an action that does not properly validate a value before running do_shortcode. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary shortcodes.

Affected products

• wpbean WPB Popup for Contact Form 7 – Showing Contact Form 7 Popup on Button Click: before 1.7.6 — fixed in 1.7.6

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: wpbean WPB Popup for Contact Form 7 – Showing Contact Form 7 Popup on Button Click 1.7.6. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://gist.github.com/wpbean/1a5abfea883621b4e150eab1362a420f
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpb-popup-for-contact-form-7/tags/1.7.4/includes/class.ajax.php#L34
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3188864/
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpb-popup-for-contact-form-7/#developers
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a7faa800-3b29-4b79-8b94-1e7985acb50d?source=cve

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