CVE-2026-97661

Business Essentials for Contact Form 7 <= 1.2.1 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'gateway' Form Field

Published Oct 1, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 7.2 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Scottpaterson
Scottpaterson business Essentials For Contact Form 7
Wordpress-extensions
Wordpress-extensions business Essentials For Contact Form 7
Vendors & Products Scottpaterson
Scottpaterson business Essentials For Contact Form 7
Wordpress-extensions
Wordpress-extensions business Essentials For Contact Form 7
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
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.
Title Business Essentials for Contact Form 7 <= 1.2.1 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'gateway' Form Field
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Wordfence
Published
Updated
Oct 1, 2026, 6:18 PM
Reserved
Sep 24, 2026, 7:39 PM
Status
Deferred
Published
Oct 1, 2026, 9:17 AM
Modified
Oct 1, 2026, 7:17 PM