CVE-2026-14236 Contact Form 7 – PayPal & Stripe Add-on < 2.5 - Open Redirect
An unauthenticated attacker can redirect victims to arbitrary external sites via crafted links in the Stripe checkout flow of this WordPress plugin.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-14236?
CVE-2026-14236 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Unknown Contact Form 7, published on 27 Jul 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The Contact Form 7 WordPress plugin before 2.5 does not validate the host of a user-supplied return URL before using it as the success and cancel redirect targets of a Stripe checkout, allowing an unauthenticated attacker to redirect a victim, via a crafted link, to an arbitrary external site after the checkout flow.
Weakness: CWE-601
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-14236?
How do I fix CVE-2026-14236?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-14236 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2026-14236 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-14236 exists.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-66xh-mw5m-g493.