Path traversal in CRM Perks Database for Contact Form 7, WPforms, Elementor forms
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
The Database for Contact Form 7, WPforms, Elementor forms plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file deletion due to insufficient file path validation in the view_page function in all versions up to, and including, 1.5.1. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary files on the server, which can easily lead to remote code execution when the right file is deleted (such as wp-config.php). Successful exploitation requires an administrator to view or edit the poisoned form entry, at which point PHP's bracket parser reshapes the attacker-crafted JSON key to bypass the stored-path isset check and trigger deletion of the traversal-specified file.
Why it matters now
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
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-9843
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-m735-jrv9-j3fc
References
Other 7
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4169b390-0972-4aa9-ae04-f5f67afe15ef?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/contact-form-entries/tags/1.5.1/includes/plugin-pages.php#L1197
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/contact-form-entries/tags/1.5.1/contact-form-entries.php#L747
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/contact-form-entries/tags/1.5.1/contact-form-entries.php#L435
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/contact-form-entries/tags/1.5.1/includes/data.php#L539
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/contact-form-entries/tags/1.5.1/templates/view.php#L559
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3578556/contact-form-entries
More CRM Perks vulnerabilities
- TI-2022-03317 Contact Form Entries < 1.3.0 - CSV Injection CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2021-07358 Contact Form Entries < 1.1.7 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
- TI-2023-02368 Integration for Contact Form 7 and Zoho CRM, Bigin < 1.2.4 - Admin+ SQLi CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.8
- TI-2024-20222 WordPress CRM Perks Forms plugin <= 1.1.4 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2025-06726 Deserialization of untrusted data in CRM Perks Database for Contact Form 7, WPforms… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2025-07024 Deserialization of untrusted data in CRM Perks Integration for Google Sheets and Contact… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2026-9843 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-9843 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-m735-jrv9-j3fc · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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