CVE-2026-5116

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.

Published 05 Aug 2026, 08:16 UTC Last modified 05 Aug 2026, 08:16 UTC

4.4

CVSS 3.1 MEDIUM base score CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack profile

The conditions required to exploit this vulnerability and its potential impact.

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity High

Privileges required High

User interaction None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Low

Integrity Low

Availability None

Exploitability1.3

Impact2.7

Affected products

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Weakness classification

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CWECWE-79

Source references

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NVD National Vulnerability Database recordnvd.nist.gov 01 Technical reference security@wordfence.com 02 Technical reference security@wordfence.com 03 Technical reference security@wordfence.com 04 Technical reference security@wordfence.com