Description
The Business Essentials for Contact Form 7 plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'gateway' Form Field in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. Exploitation requires the Payments module to be enabled and a form to be configured to accept both PayPal and Stripe as payment gateways.
Published: 2026-10-01
Score: 7.2 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
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History

Thu, 01 Oct 2026 20:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Scottpaterson
Scottpaterson business Essentials For Contact Form 7
Wordpress-extensions
Wordpress-extensions business Essentials For Contact Form 7
Vendors & Products Scottpaterson
Scottpaterson business Essentials For Contact Form 7
Wordpress-extensions
Wordpress-extensions business Essentials For Contact Form 7

Thu, 01 Oct 2026 19:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 01 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description The Business Essentials for Contact Form 7 plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'gateway' Form Field in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. Exploitation requires the Payments module to be enabled and a form to be configured to accept both PayPal and Stripe as payment gateways.
Title Business Essentials for Contact Form 7 <= 1.2.1 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'gateway' Form Field
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}


Subscriptions

Scottpaterson Business Essentials For Contact Form 7
Wordpress-extensions Business Essentials For Contact Form 7
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-01T18:18:37.934Z

Reserved: 2026-09-24T19:39:58.461Z

Link: CVE-2026-97661

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-01T18:18:34.800Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-10-01T09:17:11.043

Modified: 2026-10-01T19:17:25.933

Link: CVE-2026-97661

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-01T19:34:58Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-79

    Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')