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

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-06 09:36 – Updated: 2026-09-06 10:43
VLAI
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
Assigner
WPScan CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 44/100 over 1889 records in the last 180 days details
References
URL Tags
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/96562897-f18c-45… exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Unknown Redirection for Contact Form 7 Affected: 2.2.7 , < 3.2.11 (semver)
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Credits
Jakub Herman WPScan
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