Message Filter for Contact Form 7 <= 1.6.3 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) New Filter Creation
Priority LOW 20CWE-862Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.
Summary
The Message Filter for Contact Form 7 plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the saveFilter() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.6.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to create new filters. CVE-2024-54254 may be a duplicate of this CVE.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00343 27th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kofi Mokome | Message Filter for Contact Form 7 | up to 1.6.3 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Message Filter for Contact Form 7 VendorKofi Mokome Affected up to 1.6.3 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-12026
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-qgm7-grcw-cm67
References
Other 3
More Kofi Mokome vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-29004 WordPress Message Filter for Contact Form 7 plugin <= 1.6.3.2 - SQL Injection vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.6
- TI-2026-46610 WordPress Message Filter for Contact Form 7 plugin <= 1.6.3.9 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
- TI-2026-41360 WordPress Message Filter for Contact Form 7 plugin <= 1.6.3.8 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
- TI-2024-26571 WordPress Message Filter for Contact Form 7 plugin <= 1.6.1.1 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
- TI-2024-36343 WordPress Message Filter for Contact Form 7 plugin <= 1.6.3 - Broken Access Control vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.3
- TI-2024-12404 Freemius <= 2.10.1 - Reflected DOM-Based Cross-Site Scripting via url Parameter CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
Sources
- CVE-2024-12026 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-12026 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-qgm7-grcw-cm67 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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