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This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to permanently delete arbitrary posts, pages, or other content on the affected site by sending a single admin-ajax.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":5.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-09","score":0.00228,"percentile":0.13628,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-862"],"published":"2026-06-16T04:30:15Z","modified":"2026-06-17T11:04:54Z","products":[{"vendor":"zealopensource","product":"abandoned contact form 7"},{"vendor":"zealousweb","product":"abandoned contact form 7"}],"references":[{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a38ebdeb-6ab8-4f1d-9c13-39211a9e97b6?source=cve"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/abandoned-contact-form-7/tags/2.2/inc/class.cf7af.php#L68"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/abandoned-contact-form-7/tags/2.2/inc/class.cf7af.php#L65"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/abandoned-contact-form-7/tags/2.2/inc/class.cf7af.php#L49"},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-9187"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-ff4x-rgp2-vm8c"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2026-9187","title":"Abandoned Contact Form 7 \u003c= 2.2 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Arbitrary Post Deletion via 'recover_id' Parameter","description":"The Abandoned Contact Form 7 plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized arbitrary post deletion in versions up to, and including, 2.2. This is due to a missing capability check and missing nonce validation in the action__remove_abandoned() function, which is registered to both the wp_ajax_remove_abandoned and wp_ajax_nopriv_remove_abandoned hooks. The handler takes a user-supplied recover_id parameter from $_POST and passes it directly to wp_delete_post() with the force-delete flag set to true, without verifying that the ID belongs to the plugin's own cf7af_data post type. 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The handler takes a user-supplied recover_id parameter from $_POST and passes it directly to wp_delete_post() with the force-delete flag set to true, without verifying that the ID belongs to the plugin's own cf7af_data post type. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to permanently delete arbitrary posts, pages, or other content on the affected site by sending a single admin-ajax.","status":"published","published":"2026-06-16T04:30:15Z","modified":"2026-06-16T12:37:54Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":5.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N","level":"medium"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T18:20:40.605509Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-ff4x-rgp2-vm8c","title":"The Abandoned Contact Form 7 plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized arbitrary post...","description":"The Abandoned Contact Form 7 plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized arbitrary post deletion in versions up to, and including, 2.2. This is due to a missing capability check and missing nonce validation in the action__remove_abandoned() function, which is registered to both the wp_ajax_remove_abandoned and wp_ajax_nopriv_remove_abandoned hooks. The handler takes a user-supplied recover_id parameter from $_POST and passes it directly to wp_delete_post() with the force-delete flag set to true, without verifying that the ID belongs to the plugin's own cf7af_data post type. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to permanently delete arbitrary posts, pages, or other content on the affected site by sending a single admin-ajax.","status":"published","published":"2026-06-16T06:30:24Z","modified":"2026-06-16T06:30:31Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":5.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-862"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:08:48.16867Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2026-9187","description":"The Abandoned Contact Form 7 plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized arbitrary post deletion in versions up to, and including, 2.2. This is due to a missing capability check and missing nonce validation in the action__remove_abandoned() function, which is registered to both the wp_ajax_remove_abandoned and wp_ajax_nopriv_remove_abandoned hooks. The handler takes a user-supplied recover_id parameter from $_POST and passes it directly to wp_delete_post() with the force-delete flag set to true, without verifying that the ID belongs to the plugin's own cf7af_data post type. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to permanently delete arbitrary posts, pages, or other content on the affected site by sending a single admin-ajax.","status":"published","published":"2026-06-16T06:16:58.817Z","modified":"2026-06-17T11:04:54.927Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":5.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"secondary"}],"cwes":["CWE-862"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:12:24.19758Z"}]}}