Contact Form 7 Database Addon <= 1.2.6.3 — CSV Injection
CVE-2022-3634Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤1.2.6.3Update to 1.2.6.5 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- High7.2
- CVSS
- 7.2CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:HPrivileges required- High
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:HConfidentiality- High
I:HIntegrity- High
A:HAvailability- High
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
Database Addon for Contact Form 7 – CFDB7 contact-form-cfdb7
- Affected≤ 1.2.6.3
- Patched in1.2.6.5
Update to 1.2.6.5 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 1.2.6.3. Version 1.2.6.5 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.
What to do
- Update to version 1.2.6.5, 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 Adel Bouaricha.
The Contact Form 7 Database Addon plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to CSV Injection in versions up to, and including, 1.2.6.3. This allows attackers to embed untrusted input into exported CSV files, which can result in code execution when these files are downloaded and opened on a local system with a vulnerable configuration.
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 | |
| Medium6.1 | Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting ≤1.2.6.1Update to 1.2.6.2 | CVE-2021-36885 | |
| Medium6.5 | Cross-Site Request Forgery ≤1.2.5.9Update to 1.2.6.1 | CVE-2021-36886 |
- 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
- Medium6.1Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
≤1.2.6.1Update to 1.2.6.2
- Medium6.5Cross-Site Request Forgery
≤1.2.5.9Update to 1.2.6.1
Timeline
CVE published
Severity high, CVSS 7.2
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. [object Object] Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
- CVE® identifiers
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- 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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