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CVE-2026-85117: Contact Form 7 Captcha (WordPress plugin) · Injection

Affects Contact Form 7 Captcha (WordPress plugin)Source CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 6.5 Medium : upgrade to 0.1.9 when convenient.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 10:12 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
6.5Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 23% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CISA SSVC
Exploitation
No evidence of active exploitation and no public proof of concept
Automatable
Attackers can reliably automate steps 1–4 of the kill chain
Technical impact
Limited control over the software or limited information exposure

CISA SSVC assessment, 2026-09-09.

Patch
Available – fixed in 0.1.9
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 9 Sep 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.

What to do

Upgrade Contact Form 7 Captcha (WordPress plugin) to 0.1.9.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Contact Form 7 CaptchaAffected
  • >=0.1.7 <0.1.9
Fixed in
  • 0.1.9

AI-suggested

Upgrade the Contact Form 7 Captcha plugin to version 0.1.9 or later, where this vulnerability is fixed. No other mitigation is required as the patch fully addresses the issue.

Description

Contact Form 7 Captcha WordPress plugin versions 0.1.7 and 0.1.8 contain a vulnerability where the shortcode parser processes the entire rendered form including user-submitted values. This allows unauthenticated users to execute arbitrary shortcodes registered on the site. The issue is fixed in version 0.1.9.

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