Redirection for Contact Form 7 <= 2.7.0 — Authenticated(Editor+) Privilege Escalation
CVE-2023-23990Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤2.7.0Update to 2.8.0 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?
Redirection for Contact Form 7 wpcf7-redirect
- Affected≤ 2.7.0
- Patched in2.8.0
Update to 2.8.0 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 2.7.0. Version 2.8.0 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Redirection for Contact Form 7.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- Update to version 2.8.0, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Redirection for Contact Form 7 to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Rafie Muhammad.
The Redirection for Contact Form 7 plugin is vulnerable to Authenticated Privilege Escalation in versions up to, and including, 2.7.0 due to the ability to update usermeta information. This allows authenticated attackers with Editor-level permissions and above to modify their permissions and grant themselves administrator privileges.
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 Redirection for Contact Form 7
All 21| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium5.3 | Missing Authorization <3.2.16Update to 3.2.16 | CVE-2026-121873 | |
| Medium5.3 | Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Arbitrary Post Meta Modification and Arbitrary File Copy via 'wpcf7-redirect' Parameter ≤3.2.14Update to 3.2.15 | CVE-2026-120659 | |
| High7.2 | 3.2.11 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting 2.2.7 – 3.2.11Update to 3.2.12 | CVE-2026-111574 | |
| Medium6.5 | 3.2.10 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution 2.2.7 – 3.2.10Update to 3.2.11 | CVE-2026-80439 | |
| High7.2 | Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting ≤3.2.8Update to 3.2.9 | CVE-2026-23970 |
- Medium5.3Missing Authorization
<3.2.16Update to 3.2.16
- Medium5.3Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Arbitrary Post Meta Modification and Arbitrary File Copy via 'wpcf7-redirect' Parameter
≤3.2.14Update to 3.2.15
- High7.23.2.11 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
2.2.7 – 3.2.11Update to 3.2.12
- Medium6.53.2.10 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution
2.2.7 – 3.2.10Update to 3.2.11
- High7.2Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
≤3.2.8Update to 3.2.9
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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