CVE-2024-11038

WPB Popup for Contact Form 7 – Showing The Contact Form 7 Popup on Button Click – CF7 Popup <= 1.7.5 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution via wpb_pcf_fire_contact_form

HIGH
7.3
CVSS Score
Published: November 19, 2024 at 11:02 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 06:56 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorWpb Popup for Contact Form 7Wpb Advanced Faq

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Severity
HIGH7.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.6%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

The The WPB Popup for Contact Form 7 – Showing The Contact Form 7 Popup on Button Click – CF7 Popup plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution via wpb_pcf_fire_contact_form AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 1.7.5. This is due to the software allowing users to execute an action that does not properly validate a value before running do_shortcode. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary shortcodes.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v ≤ 1.7.5v < 1.7.6
Affected range stops below 1.7.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
60%
v ≤ 1.7.5

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitAutomatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

7.3HIGHWordfence
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-94

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