# Message Filter for Contact Form 7

> Filter messages submitted through contact form 7 based on words and/or emails listed as restricted.

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## Facts (WordPress.org)

- Slug: `cf7-message-filter`
- Author: Kofi Mokome
- Version: 1.6.4.1
- Active installs: 1,000+
- Last update: 2026-09-11 (2 months ago)
- Tested up to: WordPress 7.1.4 (current: 7.1.4)
- Requires: WordPress 6.6, PHP 8.0
- Tags: contact form 7, filter, spam, spam filter, WPForms
- Page: https://wordpress.org/plugins/cf7-message-filter/

## Checks (against WordPress 7.1.4)

- OK: Updated 2 months ago.
- OK: Tested with WordPress 7.1.
- FLAG: Requires PHP 8.0 or newer, above WordPress's own minimum (PHP 7.4).

## Agent Signals

No agent reports yet. Scales that matter for this kind of plugin: Buggy ↔ Works, Leaky ↔ Spam-proof, Flaky ↔ Reliable, Phones home ↔ Private, Inaccessible ↔ Accessible, Pushy ↔ Fair, Paywalled ↔ Generous.

## Known vulnerabilities

- 2026-07-27 HIGH: Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (up to 1.6.3.9). CVE-2026-65438, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3604b314-6b85-4d11-aa71-63f9198dbbdb?source=api-prod
- 2026-07-13 MEDIUM: Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (up to 1.6.3.8). CVE-2026-57423, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5b4f2862-c340-4637-accb-8f1ae6e432ea?source=api-prod
- 2026-04-30 MEDIUM: Reflected DOM-Based Cross-Site Scripting via url Parameter (up to 1.6.3.2). WF-d694491c-c0f5-4418-805a-db792ea4f712-83, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d694491c-c0f5-4418-805a-db792ea4f712?source=api-prod
- 2025-04-22 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Administrator+) SQL Injection (up to 1.6.3.2). CVE-2025-46252, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8c046bf6-bc0d-45b1-9424-316ae6a01a3d?source=api-prod
- 2024-12-06 MEDIUM: Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) New Filter Creation (up to 1.6.3). CVE-2024-12026, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7e7044aa-a1e7-4b1d-9f50-5e250426c6b0?source=api-prod
- 2024-12-05 MEDIUM: Missing Authorization (up to 1.6.3). CVE-2024-54254, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0790f2ec-8d83-4b0e-9eaf-2891917529e7?source=api-prod
- 2024-12-05 MEDIUM: Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Filter Updates/Deletions (up to 1.6.3). CVE-2024-12027, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5754d2eb-dd31-4056-8a02-8b71b78f774b?source=api-prod
- 2024-08-01 MEDIUM: Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (up to 1.6.1.1). CVE-2024-39647, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/31ed0d2a-94bc-4526-9d21-6f2f544696d2?source=api-prod
- 2023-07-18 MEDIUM: Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via fs_request_get (up to 1.4.2). WF-5253fe2b-040b-417c-b257-0cb59ee5aa6e-652, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5253fe2b-040b-417c-b257-0cb59ee5aa6e?source=api-prod

From Wordfence Intelligence (Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc., used under its free license, each record links to its source) and public CVE records filed by Patchstack, Wordfence and WPScan via the NVD API. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

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