WordPress plugin
Contact Form 7 Database Addon <= 1.2.5.4 — CSV Injection
CVE-2021-24144Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: <1.2.5.6Update to 1.2.5.6 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- High8.8
- CVSS
- 8.8CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:NPrivileges required- None
UI:RUser interaction- Required
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:HConfidentiality- High
I:HIntegrity- High
A:HAvailability- High
- Required access
- No account needed
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
On this page8
Am I affected?
Database Addon for Contact Form 7 – CFDB7 contact-form-cfdb7
- Affected< 1.2.5.6
- Patched in1.2.5.6
Update to 1.2.5.6 or newer.
You are affected if you run < 1.2.5.6. Version 1.2.5.6 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Database Addon for Contact Form 7 – CFDB7.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
- No account is needed to exploit this. Treat any exposed site on an affected version as at risk.
What to do
- Update to version 1.2.5.6, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Database Addon for Contact Form 7 – CFDB7 to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to SunCSR-thiennv.
Unvalidated input in the Contact Form 7 Database Addon plugin, versions before 1.2.5.6, was prone to a vulnerability that lets remote attackers inject arbitrary formulas into CSV files.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
Related CVEs
More in Database Addon for Contact Form 7 – CFDB7
All 8| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium5.3 | Unauthenticated Limited File Deletion via Injected 'attackcfdb7_file' Submission Field ≤1.4.1Update to 1.4.2 | CVE-2026-107652 | |
| Medium6.1 | Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via tmpD Parameter ≤1.3.1Update to 1.3.2 | CVE-2025-6740 | |
| Medium5.3 | Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure ≤1.2.6.8Update to 1.2.7 | CVE-2024-3870 | |
| High7.2 | CSV Injection ≤1.2.6.3Update to 1.2.6.5 | CVE-2022-3634 | |
| Medium6.1 | Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting ≤1.2.6.1Update to 1.2.6.2 | CVE-2021-36885 |
- Medium5.3Unauthenticated Limited File Deletion via Injected 'attackcfdb7_file' Submission Field
≤1.4.1Update to 1.4.2
- Medium6.1Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via tmpD Parameter
≤1.3.1Update to 1.3.2
- Medium5.3Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure
≤1.2.6.8Update to 1.2.7
- High7.2CSV Injection
≤1.2.6.3Update to 1.2.6.5
- Medium6.1Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
≤1.2.6.1Update to 1.2.6.2
Timeline
CVE published
Severity high, CVSS 8.8
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. [object Object] Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
- CVE® identifiers
- [object Object]. 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.
- VulnCrest content
- Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.