NYSL Spam Protect for Contact Form 7 Plugin up to 1.2.9 on WordPress path traversal

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A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in NYSL Spam Protect for Contact Form 7 Plugin up to 1.2.9 on WordPress. This vulnerability affects unknown code. The manipulation results in path traversal. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-32496. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability was found in NYSL Spam Protect for Contact Form 7 Plugin up to 1.2.9 on WordPress. It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in NYSL Spam Protect for Contact Form 7 wp-contact-form-7-spam-blocker allows Path Traversal.This issue affects Spam Protect for Contact Form 7: from n/a through <= 1.2.9.

The weakness was published by Andrea Bocchetti. The advisory is shared for download at patchstack.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-32496 since 03/12/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 04/01/2026). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1006.

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

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• Anti-Spam Software

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• NYSL

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• Spam Protect for Contact Form 7 Plugin

Version

• 1.2.0
• 1.2.1
• 1.2.2
• 1.2.3
• 1.2.4
• 1.2.5
• 1.2.6
• 1.2.7
• 1.2.8
• 1.2.9

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