WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

Simple CAPTCHA with Cloudflare Turnstile < 1.42.3 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution

Description

The Simple CAPTCHA with Cloudflare Turnstile plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary Shortcode Execution in all versions up to, and including, 1.42.1. This is due to use of do_shortcode() on the wpcf7_form_elements filter, which processes rendered form HTML including user-submitted values reflected back to the visitor. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary shortcode output into pages containing Contact Form 7 forms by submitting shortcode strings in form fields, which are reflected in the rendered form HTML and then executed via do_shortcode().

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Classification

Type
RCE
OWASP top 10
CWE

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
kta1kri
Verified
No

Timeline

Publicly Published
2026-09-08 (about 1 month ago)
Added
2026-09-16 (about 1 month ago)
Last Updated
2026-09-16 (about 1 month ago)

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