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CVE-2026-85117: Contact Form 7 Captcha 0.1.7 - 0.1.8 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution via Form Field Repopulation
- Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2026-09-09 · updated 2026-09-09
- Weakness: CWE-74
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.
Affected products
- Contact Form 7 Captcha: from 0.1.7 before 0.1.9 — fixed in 0.1.9
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Contact Form 7 Captcha 0.1.9. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
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