Vulnerability · Published Oct 1, 2026 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2026-97661Business Essentials for Contact Form 7 <= 1.2.1 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'gateway' Form Field
High 7.2
In plain English
A high-severity cross-site scripting in Business Essentials for Contact Form 7 from scottpaterson. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 15% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The Business Essentials for Contact Form 7 plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'gateway' Form Field in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. Exploitation requires the Payments module to be enabled and a form to be configured to accept both PayPal and Stripe as payment gateways.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| scottpaterson | Business Essentials for Contact Form 7 | 0 – through 1.2.1 |
Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e6a60043-a060-472b-9b43-e82a4d2420b0?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cf7-redirect-thank-you-page/tags/1.2.1/includes/modules/payments/redirect_methods.php#L205
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cf7-redirect-thank-you-page/tags/1.2.1/includes/modules/payments/functions.php#L15
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cf7-redirect-thank-you-page/tags/1.2.1/includes/modules/payments/cpt.php#L313
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3713721/cf7-redirect-thank-you-page