Contact Form 7 – Dynamic Text Extension <= 5.0.5 — Authenticated (Editor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
CVE-2026-5116Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤5.0.5Update to 5.0.6 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Medium4.4
- CVSS
- 4.4CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:HAttack complexity- High
PR:HPrivileges required- High
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:CScope- Changed
C:LConfidentiality- Low
I:LIntegrity- Low
A:NAvailability- None
- Weakness
- CWE-79 Cross-Site Scripting
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
On this page8
Am I affected?
DTX – Dynamic Text Extension for Contact Form 7 contact-form-7-dynamic-text-extension
- Affected≤ 5.0.5
- Patched in5.0.6
Update to 5.0.6 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 5.0.5. Version 5.0.6 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under DTX – Dynamic Text Extension 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 5.0.6, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch DTX – Dynamic Text Extension for Contact Form 7 to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to SATYARTH PRAKASH (XoxoL33t).
The Contact Form 7 – Dynamic Text Extension plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in all versions up to, and including, 5.0.5. This is due to insufficient output escaping on form shortcode keys displayed in the admin "Scan Forms for Post Meta and User Data Keys" page. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Editor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts that execute when an Administrator runs the scan feature.
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
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All 9| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium5.3 | Unauthenticated Information Exposure ≤5.0.7No patch available | CVE-2026-62043 | |
| Medium6.5 | Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution ≤5.0.7No patch available | CVE-2025-13146 | |
| Medium6.5 | Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution ≤5.0.5No patch available | CVE-2025-63068 | |
| Medium4.3 | Cross-Site Request Forgery ≤5.0.1Update to 5.0.2 | CVE-2024-56218 | |
| Medium4.3 | Information Disclosure via Shortcode ≤4.5Update to 4.5.1 | CVE-2024-10084 |
- Medium5.3Unauthenticated Information Exposure
≤5.0.7No patch available
- Medium6.5Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution
≤5.0.7No patch available
- Medium6.5Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution
≤5.0.5No patch available
- Medium4.3Cross-Site Request Forgery
≤5.0.1Update to 5.0.2
- Medium4.3Information Disclosure via Shortcode
≤4.5Update to 4.5.1
Same weakness (Cross-Site Scripting)
All Cross-Site Scripting| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| High7.2 | Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Comment User-Agent Header | CVE-2026-120688 | |
| Critical9.8 | Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload via File Upload via Public Form Submission | CVE-2026-125055 | |
| Critical9.8 | Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection to Remote Code Execution via 'form' Parameter | CVE-2026-119077 | |
| Medium5.3 | Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure in 'search' Parameter | CVE-2026-121518 |
- High7.2Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Comment User-Agent Header
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- Medium5.3Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure in 'search' Parameter
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Timeline
CVE published
Severity medium, CVSS 4.4
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.
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