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Accept PayPal Payments using Contact Form 7 vulnerabilities

Accept PayPal Payments using Contact Form 7 has 2 known vulnerabilities in this database. The most recent published record is dated 10 Oct 2026.

Known vulnerabilities
2
Active installs
600+
Latest version
4.0.7
Last updated
7 Oct 2026
Most recent
10 Oct 2026

Find it in your WordPress dashboard under Plugins. Severity is based on the CVSS score published with the CVE where one is available.

VulnerabilitySeverityAffectedFixPublished
Broken access control
CVE-2026-105989
Medium 5.3Before 4.0.7Fixed in 4.0.72 d ago
Sensitive data exposure
CVE-2026-105990
Medium 5.3Before 4.0.7Fixed in 4.0.72 d ago
Read the published descriptions
CVE-2026-105989, 10 Oct 2026
The Accept PayPal Payments using Contact Form 7 WordPress plugin before 4.0.7 does not perform any authorization or request-validation checks on one of its AJAX actions, allowing unauthenticated attackers to forge the stored transaction status of records and to write the Accept PayPal Payments using Contact Form 7 WordPress plugin before 4.0.7's status metadata onto arbitrary posts. CVE record
CVE-2026-105990, 10 Oct 2026
The Accept PayPal Payments using Contact Form 7 WordPress plugin before 4.0.7 does not perform any authorization checks before exporting stored form submissions, allowing unauthenticated attackers to download the personal data (name, email, telephone, postal address, message) and payment metadata of everyone who submitted a payment form. CVE record

What to do if you run Accept PayPal Payments using Contact Form 7

If you run Accept PayPal Payments using Contact Form 7, open WordPress and check the installed version in Plugins. Compare it with the affected versions in the vulnerability record. If a fixed version is available, take a current backup and update to that version or the latest supported release.

If no fixed version exists, consider disabling and removing the plugin or replacing it with a maintained alternative. After dealing with the affected software, check administrator users, unexpected file changes, redirects, unfamiliar pages and security logs for signs that the site may already have been altered.

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