CVE-2026-14872 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Database for Contact Form 7, WPforms, Elementor forms WordPress plugin before 1.5.5 does not properly sanitise and escape a parameter before using it in a SQL statement, leading to a SQL Injection exploitable by users granted a specific capability which is limited to administrators by default but can be delegated to lower privileged roles.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00156.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

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References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/557414c2-70b9-4466-8727-d8a2c9a8a502/

History

Tue, 04 Aug 2026 18:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-89
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 6.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Tue, 04 Aug 2026 06:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		The Database for Contact Form 7, WPforms, Elementor forms WordPress plugin before 1.5.5 does not properly sanitise and escape a parameter before using it in a SQL statement, leading to a SQL Injection exploitable by users granted a specific capability which is limited to administrators by default but can be delegated to lower privileged roles.
Title		Database for Contact Form 7, WPforms, Elementor forms < 1.5.5 - Authenticated SQL Injection via id Parameter
References		https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/557414c2-70b9-4466-8727-d8a2c9a8a502/

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2026-08-04T06:00:10.236Z

Updated: 2026-08-04T17:33:06.105Z

Reserved: 2026-07-06T14:16:12.750Z

Link: CVE-2026-14872

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-04T17:32:57.442Z

NVD

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Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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