CVE-2024-1776 Admin side data storage for Contact Form 7 <= 1.1.1 - Authenticated (Admin+) SQL Injection

Q: What is CVE-2024-1776?

CVE-2024-1776 is a high-severity SQL injection vulnerability in zestardtechnologies Admin side data storage for Contact Form 7, published on 23 Feb 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

Q: Is CVE-2024-1776 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-1776 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Q: How do I fix CVE-2024-1776?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-1776 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

High 7.2 Published 23 Feb 2024 Updated 8 Apr 2026

Authenticated administrators can exploit SQL injection in the Contact Form 7 data storage plugin to extract sensitive database information.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: An administrator
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2024-1776?

CVE-2024-1776 is a high-severity SQL injection vulnerability in zestardtechnologies Admin side data storage for Contact Form 7, published on 23 Feb 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Admin side data storage for Contact Form 7 plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the 'form-id' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.1 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access and above, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.

Weakness: CWE-89

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-1776?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Zestard Admin Side Data Storage for Contact Form 7.

How do I fix CVE-2024-1776?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-1776 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Use parameterised queries everywhere and never build SQL by joining strings. Upgrade affected software first; a web application firewall only buys time. More about SQL injection.

Is CVE-2024-1776 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-1776 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-6jr8-r9gw-5fg7.