CVE-2026-80439 Code injection in Redirection for Contact Form 7
Unauthenticated attackers can execute arbitrary shortcodes via form submissions, potentially reading sensitive data or executing code.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-80439?
CVE-2026-80439 is a medium-severity code injection vulnerability in Unknown Redirection for Contact Form 7, published on 6 Sep 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Redirection for Contact Form 7 WordPress plugin from 2.2.7 before 3.2.11 does not prevent shortcodes in submitted form values from being executed when it substitutes those values into an action's settings and then processes those settings for shortcodes, allowing unauthenticated users to run any shortcode registered on the site and read its output.
Weakness: CWE-74
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-80439?
How do I fix CVE-2026-80439?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-80439 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.
Is CVE-2026-80439 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-80439 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-xh44-7j66-q7xj.