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CVE-2026-3831: Database for Contact Form 7, WPforms, Elementor forms <= 1.4.9 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Contributor+) Sensitive Information Exposure via Shortcode

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-04-01 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-862

Description

The Database for Contact Form 7, WPforms, Elementor forms plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the entries_shortcode() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.9. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to extract all form submissions - including names, emails, phone numbers.

Affected products

• crmperks Database for Contact Form 7, WPforms, Elementor forms: through 1.4.9

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/contact-form-entries/tags/1.4.8/contact-form-entries.php#L204
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a033ea44-8084-44c1-8e24-bdb1b61c3566?source=cve

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