---
id: CVE-2026-85117
title: >-
  The Contact Form 7 Captcha WordPress plugin before 0.1.9 runs the shortcode
  parser over the whole rendered Contact Form 7 form, including the values a
  visitor submitted, allowing unauthenticated users to execute arbitrary
  shortcodes regi…
summary: >-
  The Contact Form 7 Captcha WordPress plugin before 0.1.9 runs the shortcode
  parser over the whole rendered Contact Form 7 form, including the values a
  visitor submitted, allowing unauthenticated users to execute arbitrary
  shortcodes regi…
severity: medium
cvss: 6.5
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-74
product: Contact Form 7 Captcha
affected:
  - contact_form_7_captcha >= 0.1.7 < 0.1.9
published: '2026-09-09'
updated: '2026-09-09'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-09T16:17:13.383'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-85117'
references:
  - url: 'https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e791e4a6-5ec1-49c7-9448-1d83ec4f4905/'
    label: contact@wpscan.com
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'yes'
  technicalImpact: partial
  timestamp: '2026-09-09T15:22:10.980997Z'
epss: 0.00306
epssPercentile: 0.20943
ingestedAt: '2026-09-09T07:03:03.597Z'
---

## Overview

The Contact Form 7 Captcha WordPress plugin before 0.1.9 runs the shortcode parser over the whole rendered Contact Form 7 form, including the values a visitor submitted, allowing unauthenticated users to execute arbitrary shortcodes registered on the site.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.