CVE-2026-85117

Contact Form 7 Captcha 0.1.7 - 0.1.8 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution via Form Field Repopulation

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

Contact Form 7 Captcha

CVSS v3.1 WPSCAN

6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

EPSS

0.31% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 22nd percentile

Published

2026-09-09

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e791e4a6-5ec1-49c7-9448-1d83ec4f4905/

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry