Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Jul 22, 2026· Updated Sep 14, 2026
CVE-2025-13146
CVE-2025-13146
Description
The The Contact Form 7 – Dynamic Text Extension plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution in all versions up to, and including, 5.0.7. This is due to the software allowing users to execute an action that does not properly validate a value before running do_shortcode. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary shortcodes. The vulnerability was partially patched in version 5.0.4.
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Affected products
1- Range: <=5.0.7
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
5- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/contact-form-7-dynamic-text-extension/trunk/contact-form-7-dynamic-text-extension.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/contact-form-7-dynamic-text-extension/trunk/contact-form-7-dynamic-text-extension.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/contact-form-7-dynamic-text-extension/trunk/includes/utilities.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3430784/nvd
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3e5ad3a7-03c5-4085-b330-bc77e7e46ceanvd
News mentions
1- Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (July 20, 2026 to July 26, 2026)Wordfence Blog · Jul 30, 2026