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.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.31%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 4.4 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.31% probability · 24th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Source
- security@wordfence.com
EPSS 0.3% 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-dynamic-text-extension/tags/5.0.4/includes/admin/settings.php#L544
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/contact-form-7-dynamic-text-extension/tags/5.0.4/includes/admin/settings.php#L559
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?new=3561908%40contact-form-7-dynamic-text-extension%2Ftags%2F5.0.6&old=3463604%40contact-form-7-dynamic-text-extension%2Ftags%2F5.0.5
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/759add85-3d72-46d5-a973-dd8dcfb9f336?source=cve
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.