Contact Form 7 Plugin up to 1.5.1 on WordPress File Field form-field deserialization

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Contact Form 7 Plugin, WPforms Plugin and Elementor Forms Plugin up to 1.5.1. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component File Field. The manipulation of the argument form-field leads to deserialization. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-12081. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Contact Form 7 Plugin, WPforms Plugin and Elementor Forms Plugin up to 1.5.1. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown function of the component File Field. The manipulation of the argument form-field with an unknown input leads to a deserialization vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-502. The product deserializes untrusted data without sufficiently verifying that the resulting data will be valid. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The Database for Contact Form 7, WPforms, Elementor forms WordPress plugin before 1.5.2 does not restrict the PHP classes allowed when unserializing an attacker-supplied form-field value, allowing unauthenticated users to inject arbitrary PHP objects that are instantiated when an administrator views the stored entry. This is an incomplete fix of CVE-2025-7384 and CVE-2026-2599, whose deserialization paths were hardened while the entry-editor file-field path was missed.

The advisory is shared at wpscan.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-12081 since 06/12/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

Upgrading to version 1.5.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.0

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Deserialization
CWE: CWE-502 / CWE-20
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Upgrade: Contact Form 7 Plugin/WPforms Plugin/Elementor Forms Plugin 1.5.2

Timelineinfo

06/12/2026 CVE reserved
07/13/2026 +31 days Advisory disclosed
07/13/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
07/13/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wpscan.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-12081 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-12081
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-377909

Entryinfo

Created: 07/13/2026 08:41
Changes: 07/13/2026 08:41 (55)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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