CVE-2026-15000
The Connect Contact Form 7 and Mailchimp plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Mailchimp Merge Field Values in all versions up to, and including, 0.9.78.06 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.59%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The Connect Contact Form 7 and Mailchimp plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Mailchimp Merge Field Values in all versions up to, and including, 0.9.78.06 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. The injected payload is only triggered when a privileged user (Administrator) performs a Contact Lookup for the email address submitted via the CF7 form, meaning execution is deferred until an administrator interacts with the affected entry.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.59% probability · 48th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Source
- security@wordfence.com
EPSS 0.6% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/contact-form-7-mailchimp-extension/tags/0.9.78.05/assets/js/chimpmatic-lite.js#L1706
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/contact-form-7-mailchimp-extension/tags/0.9.78.05/assets/js/chimpmatic-lite.js#L2036
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/contact-form-7-mailchimp-extension/tags/0.9.78.05/includes/api/class-cmatic-contact-lookup.php#L237
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/contact-form-7-mailchimp-extension/tags/0.9.78.05/includes/services/submission/class-cmatic-merge-vars-builder.php#L30
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/contact-form-7-mailchimp-extension/trunk/assets/js/chimpmatic-lite.js#L1706
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/contact-form-7-mailchimp-extension/trunk/assets/js/chimpmatic-lite.js#L2036
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/contact-form-7-mailchimp-extension/trunk/includes/api/class-cmatic-contact-lookup.php#L237
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/contact-form-7-mailchimp-extension/trunk/includes/services/submission/class-cmatic-merge-vars-builder.php#L30
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3599649%40contact-form-7-mailchimp-extension&new=3599649%40contact-form-7-mailchimp-extension
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/be2579e3-8e40-4603-9ec1-38f43dc1aa29?source=cve
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.