crmperks Database for Contact Form 7, WPforms, Elementor forms Plugin /forms/new_record create_entry_el path traversal

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A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in crmperks Database for Contact Form 7, WPforms, Elementor forms Plugin up to 1.5.1 on WordPress. The affected element is the function create_entry_el of the file /forms/new_record. The manipulation results in path traversal. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-9145. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in crmperks Database for Contact Form 7, WPforms, Elementor forms Plugin up to 1.5.1 on WordPress. It has been classified as critical. Affected is the function create_entry_el of the file /forms/new_record. 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:

The Database for Contact Form 7, WPforms, Elementor forms plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Copy via the create_entry_el() function in versions up to, and including, 1.5.1. The function reads raw_value from Elementor Pro's Form_Record object for upload-type fields and passes it directly to PHP's copy() without validating that the value corresponds to a legitimately uploaded file — when no file is present in $_FILES, raw_value reflects the attacker-controlled POST string. copy() accepts both local filesystem paths and URL sources, so the attacker can target any file readable by the PHP process or supply an attacker-controlled remote URL. Elementor Pro is a prerequisite for triggering the code path (it owns the elementor_pro/forms/new_record hook and populates the Form_Record object), but the bug itself is entirely in Contact Form Entries' handler. This could allow unauthenticated attackers to disclose arbitrary files on the affected site's server. The file is copied to a directory unknown to the attacker; the hashed directory name provides defense-in-depth but is generated from non-cryptographic sources (uniqid() + rand()) and should not be relied upon as the primary mitigation.

The weakness was published by Jonah Burgess. The advisory is available at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-9145 since 05/20/2026. The exploitability is told to be difficult. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1006 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 1.5.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2026-41273). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• crmperks

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• Database for Contact Form 7, WPforms, Elementor forms Plugin

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• 1.5.0
• 1.5.1

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