CVE-2026-85117CWE-74

CVE-2026-85117

Medium · published September 9, 2026

CVSS v3.1
6.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
22.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00306 · 22.2th percentile
Weakness
CWE-74 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')
Published
2026-09-09T11:16Z
References (1)
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e791e4a6-5ec1-49c7-9448-1d83ec4f4905/ · [email protected]
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 10 SEP 03:18Z
    EPSS moved — → 0%
    epss
  • 09 SEP 06:25Z
    Contact Form 7 Captcha 0.1.7 - 0.1.8 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution via Form Field Repopulation
    cvelistv5