CVE-2026-120407

Contact Form 7 < 6.2.5 - Editor+ Sensitive User Data Disclosure via Form Default Values

  • Medium 4.5
  • A public exploit reference is listed

Description

The Contact Form 7 WordPress plugin before 6.2.5 does not restrict which user properties a form field's default value can be populated from, allowing users with the Editor role and above to obtain the password hash and sensitive user meta (such as two-factor secrets) of higher-privileged users, including administrators, who view and submit the form.

Key facts

Published
13 Nov 2026
Last changed
13 Nov 2026
Assigned by
WPScan
EPSS
0.207% likely to be exploited in the next 30 days, higher than 10.915% of CVEs (scores for 15 Nov 2026)
SSVC (CISA)
Exploitation: none; Automatable: no; Technical impact: partial

Severity scores

Each score is shown as its source gave it. They are not averaged or merged.

  • 4.5CVSS 3.1, Mediumfrom CISA (ADP container)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Historical context and remediation

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No separately sourced impact summary is available on this page yet. Consult the description, version data and dated exploitation evidence.

No explicit remediation statement is available on this page yet. Consult the original record and vendor references before choosing a fix.

Version statuses below come from the CNA. An “unaffected” version is not necessarily a currently supported release or proof of a patch date. EPSS is a dated risk estimate, not a count of historical attacks.

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Affected products

VendorProductVersions
UnknownContact Form 7
  • Default status: unaffected
  • 0 up to but excluding 6.2.5 (affected)

Timeline

  1. 13 Nov 2026 Published

Weakness

References