WordPress plugin · contact-form-7
Is Contact Form 7 safe?
Safe on 6.2.3 or newer.
The current version, 6.2.3, is past every affected range on record (11 of 11 records list one). Keep it updated and you’re clear of them.
- Flaws on record
- 11
- High or critical
- 2
- Exploited
- none
- Current version
- 6.2.3
- Last updated
- Oct 21, 2026
- Active installs
- 10,000,000+
Every recorded flaw
- Jul 27, 2026Contact Form 7: Does not validate the host of a user-supplied return URL before using itCVE-2026-14236 · fixed in 2.5 · reported by WPScanMedium 4.7
- Jan 7, 2026Drag and Drop Multiple File Upload – Contact Form 7: Limited upload of files with a dangerous typeCVE-2025-14842 · affects up to 1.3.9.2 · reported by WordfenceMedium 6.1
- Apr 16, 2025Contact Form 7: Order ReplayCVE-2025-3247 · affects up to 6.0.5 · reported by WordfenceMedium 5.3
- Jun 27, 2024Contact Form 7: Has an open redirect that allows an attacker to utilize a false URL and redirect to the URL of their choosingCVE-2024-4704 · fixed in 5.9.5 · reported by WPScanMedium 6.1
- Mar 13, 2024Contact Form 7: Reflected Cross-Site ScriptingCVE-2024-2242 · affects up to 5.9 · reported by Wordfence1.3% oddsMedium 6.1
- Dec 1, 2023Contact Form 7: Arbitrary file uploadsCVE-2023-6449 · affects up to 5.8.3 · reported by Wordfence1.8% oddsMedium 6.6
- Oct 17, 2022Drag and Drop Multiple File Upload: Does not properly check for the upload size limit set in formsCVE-2022-3282 · fixed in 1.3.6.5 · reported by WPScanMedium 4.3
- Mar 28, 2022Drag and Drop Multiple File Upload: Allows SVG files to be uploaded by default via the dnd_codedropz_upload AJAX actionCVE-2022-0595 · fixed in 1.3.6.3 · reported by WPScan14% oddsMedium 5.4
- Dec 17, 2020The contact-form-7 (aka Contact Form 7) plugin before 5.3.2 for WordPress allows Unrestricted File Upload and remote code execution because a filename may contaCVE-2020-35489 · fixed in 5.3.2 · reported by MITRE89% oddsCritical 10
- Aug 22, 2019The contact-form-7 plugin before 5.0.4 for WordPress has privilege escalation because of capability_type mishandling in register_post_type.CVE-2018-20979 · fixed in 5.0.4 · reported by MITRE2.0% oddsCritical 9.8
- Mar 14, 2014Rock Lobster Contact Form 7 before 3.7.2 allows remote attackers to bypass the CAPTCHA protection mechanism and submit arbitrary form data by omitting the _wpcfCVE-2014-2265 · fixed in 3.7.2 · reported by MITRE3.1% oddsMedium 5
Records come from the National Vulnerability Database, published by the researchers who found each flaw (Wordfence, Patchstack, WPScan and others); exploited status from CISA; exploit odds from FIRST’s EPSS; current version, installs and closures from wordpress.org, checked daily. Want every plugin on your site checked at once? Run the free website check.
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