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CVE-2026-9843

HIGH
8.1
CVSS 3.1
Description
The Database for Contact Form 7, WPforms, Elementor forms plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file deletion due to insufficient file path validation in the view_page function in all versions up to, and including, 1.5.1. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary files on the server, which can easily lead to remote code execution when the right file is deleted (such as wp-config.php). Successful exploitation requires an administrator to view or edit the poisoned form entry, at which point PHP's bracket parser reshapes the attacker-crafted JSON key to bypass the stored-path isset check and trigger deletion of the traversal-specified file.

Metadata

CVE ID
CVE-2026-9843
State
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Wordfence
Reserved
2026-05-28 13:28 UTC
Published
2026-06-20 01:27 UTC
Last updated
2026-06-20 01:27 UTC
Primary CWE
CWE-22
CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Dir…
Vendor / Product
crmperks / Database for Contact Form 7, WPforms, Elementor forms
Sources
cve.org  ·  NVD

Severity & Metrics

8.1 HIGH CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Affected products (1)
VendorProductPlatformVersions
crmperks Database for Contact Form 7, WPforms, Elementor forms — 0 ≤ 1.5.1
Weakness (CWE)
CWESourceDescription
CWE-22 cna CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CVSS scores (1)
ScoreSeverityVersionSourceVector
8.1 HIGH 3.1 cna CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
References (7)
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