CVE-2025-13146
MediumCVSS 6.5Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk38th percentile - higher than 38% of all known CVEs
Summary
The Contact Form 7 – Dynamic Text Extension plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution in all versions up to and including 5.0.7. This is due to the software allowing users to execute an action that does not properly validate a value before running do_shortcode, making it possible for unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary shortcodes. The vulnerability was partially patched in version 5.0.4.
Risk Assessment
An unauthenticated attacker can execute arbitrary shortcodes, potentially leading to data disclosure, content modification, or further privilege escalation within the WordPress site.
Recommendation
Update the Contact Form 7 – Dynamic Text Extension plugin to a version newer than 5.0.7 that contains the full fix.
Other vulnerabilities in Contact Form 7 – Dynamic Text Extension
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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.
- CVE-2025-63068Medium
The Contact Form 7 – Dynamic Text Extension by sevenspark is vulnerable to Basic XSS in versions up to and including 5.0.5. The issue involves improper neutralization of script-related HTML tags, allowing code injection.
Original NVD description (English source)
The The Contact Form 7 – Dynamic Text Extension plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution in all versions up to, and including, 5.0.7. This is due to the software allowing users to execute an action that does not properly validate a value before running do_shortcode. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary shortcodes. The vulnerability was partially patched in version 5.0.4.
Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS