CVE-2026-6831

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The Advanced Contact form 7 DB plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to missing authorization in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.9.

The Advanced Contact form 7 DB plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to missing authorization in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.9. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to read all Contact Form 7 submission data via the 'acf7db' shortcode.

CVSS

6.5

6.5 (CVSS v3.1)

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (security@wordfence.com)

Timeline (UTC)

Published: 2026-09-23 07:16

Modified: 2026-09-23 15:17

NVD status: Deferred

Last synced 2 days ago

Verified against the source API 2026-10-27 06:55 UTC

Exploitation

Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)

Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).

Affected products

Not reported by the source (unknown — not "none").

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-862

Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.

Mitigation & advisories

No vendor advisory or patch reference tagged by NVD. Check the references below.

References

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&new=3587196%40advanced-cf7-db%2Ftag... security@wordfence.com
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b3c5fe0b-8a22-4df2-9adf-b6a7fe1a... security@wordfence.com

Data sources

NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-27 06:55 UTC · record ↗

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