WordPress plugin

Form Manager <= 1.7.2 — Authenticated Remote Command Execution

CVE-2015-7806Published Jun 8, 2021 · Updated Nov 13, 2026

Affected: <1.7.3Update to 1.7.3 or newer

All remediation steps

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Severity

High8.8

CVSS

8.8

CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What does this vector mean?

AV:N Attack vector: Network
AC:L Attack complexity: Low
PR:L Privileges required: Low
UI:N User interaction: None
S:U Scope: Unchanged
C:H Confidentiality: High
I:H Integrity: High
A:H Availability: High

Weakness

CWE-77 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command

Required access

Unknown

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

No score

CISA KEV

Not listed

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Am I affected?

Form Manager wordpress-form-manager

Affected< 1.7.3
Patched in1.7.3

You are affected if you run < 1.7.3. Version 1.7.3 and later are not affected by this issue.

Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Form Manager.
No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.

What to do

Update to version 1.7.3, or a newer patched version
Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
Watch Form Manager to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.

Advisory

Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Nick Blundell.

Eval injection vulnerability in the fm_saveHelperGatherItems function in ajax.php in the Form Manager plugin before 1.7.3 for WordPress allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

Exploits & references

Proof-of-concept & detection

No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.

Advisories & patches

Advisorywordfence.com

Timeline

Jun 8, 2021
CVE published
Severity high, CVSS 8.8
Nov 13, 2026
Record last updated

Sources & licenses

Wordfence record

Vulnerability data: Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
CVE® identifiers: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. Used under the CVE Program. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.
CVSS / CWE: National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

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