Integration for Google Sheets and Contact Form 7, WPForms, Elementor, Ninja Forms Plugin verify_field_val code injection

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A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Integration for Google Sheets and Contact Form 7, WPForms, Elementor, Ninja Forms Plugin up to 1.1.1 on WordPress. Impacted is the function verify_field_val. This manipulation causes code injection. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2025-7697. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability was found in Integration for Google Sheets and Contact Form 7, WPForms, Elementor, Ninja Forms Plugin up to 1.1.1 on WordPress. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function verify_field_val. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a code injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-94. The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The Integration for Google Sheets and Contact Form 7, WPForms, Elementor, Ninja Forms plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to PHP Object Injection in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.1 via deserialization of untrusted input within the verify_field_val() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject a PHP Object. The additional presence of a POP chain in the Contact Form 7 plugin, which is likely to be used alongside, allows attackers to delete arbitrary files, leading to a denial of service or remote code execution when the wp-config.php file is deleted.

It is possible to read the advisory at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-7697. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/19/2025). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-21948). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• Integration for Google Sheets and Contact Form 7, WPForms, Elementor, Ninja Forms Plugin

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• 1.1.0
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