WordPress plugin
Spam Protect for Contact Form 7 < 1.2.10 — Authenticated (Editor+) Remote Code Execution
CVE-2026-1540Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: <1.2.10Update to 1.2.10 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?
Spam Protect for Contact Form 7 wp-contact-form-7-spam-blocker
- Affected< 1.2.10
- Patched in1.2.10
Update to 1.2.10 or newer.
You are affected if you run < 1.2.10. Version 1.2.10 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Spam Protect 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 1.2.10, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Spam Protect for Contact Form 7 to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Chiao-Lin Yu (Steven Meow).
The Spam Protect for Contact Form 7 plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution in all versions up to 1.2.10 (exclusive). This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Editor-level access and above, to execute code on the server.
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 Spam Protect for Contact Form 7
All 2| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium6.5 | Authenticated (Editor+) Arbitrary File Deletion ≤1.2.9Update to 1.2.10 | CVE-2026-32496 |
- Medium6.5Authenticated (Editor+) Arbitrary File Deletion
≤1.2.9Update to 1.2.10
Timeline
CVE published
Severity high, CVSS 7.2
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.
- VulnCrest content
- Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.