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Unauthenticated export exposes form submissions in Accept PayPal Payments

Priority LOW 30CWE-200Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · None · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-200.

Summary

The Accept PayPal Payments using Contact Form 7 WordPress plugin before 4.0.7 does not perform any authorization checks before exporting stored form submissions. An unauthenticated attacker can download the personal data (name, email, telephone, postal address, message) and payment metadata of everyone who submitted a payment form. The weakness is classified as CWE-200, Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor, and the references link to an exploit.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29

Description from the CNA

The Accept PayPal Payments using Contact Form 7 WordPress plugin before 4.0.7 does not perform any authorization checks before exporting stored form submissions, allowing unauthenticated attackers to download the personal data (name, email, telephone, postal address, message) and payment metadata of everyone who submitted a payment form.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00251 16th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA
Fix Fixed Accept PayPal Payments using Contact Form 7 (Unknown): 4.0.7

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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
UnknownAccept PayPal Payments using Contact Form 7before 4.0.74.0.7Patch availableCNA
  • Accept PayPal Payments using Contact Form 7 VendorUnknown Affected before 4.0.7 Fixed in 4.0.7 Patch available CNA

Remediation

Update the Accept PayPal Payments using Contact Form 7 plugin to version 4.0.7 or later, which fixes the flaw.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29

  • Fix · CNA Accept PayPal Payments using Contact Form 7 (Unknown) Fixed in 4.0.7

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

  • Release ·

    Accept PayPal Payments using Contact Form 7 4.0.7

    2 records Highest priority Priority LOW 2 LOW

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2026-70272 Missing authorization in Accept PayPal Payments using Contact Form 7Priority LOW 29

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-10 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-105990
  2. 2026-10-10 Alias added: GHSA-gg38-hc35-5qm5
  3. 2026-10-11 CVSS score added · CISA ADP
  4. 2026-10-11 Weakness changed · CISA ADP
  5. 2026-10-11 CISA SSVC decision points changed

References

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