Contact Form & SMTP Plugin for WordPress by PirateForms <= 2.6.0 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution
Priority LOW 39CWE-94Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · Low
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-94.
Summary
The The Contact Form & SMTP Plugin for WordPress by PirateForms plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution in all versions up to, and including, 2.6.0. 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.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00572 47th 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
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-13453
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9w74-59mf-vjxv
References
Other 3
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/98859214-7acf-4d40-9291-b5669b9614b7?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/pirate-forms/tags/2.6.0/gutenberg/class-pirateforms-gutenberg.php#L145
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3225666%40pirate-forms&old=3219203%40pirate-forms&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=#file163
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Sources
- CVE-2024-13453 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-13453 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-9w74-59mf-vjxv · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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