# Contact Form 7

> Just another contact form plugin. Simple but flexible.

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## Facts (WordPress.org)

- Slug: `contact-form-7`
- Author: Rock Lobster Inc.
- Version: 6.2.4.1
- Active installs: 10+ million
- Last update: 2026-10-29 (8 days ago)
- Tested up to: WordPress 7.1.4 (current: 7.1.4)
- Requires: WordPress 7.1, PHP 8.3
- Tags: contact form, schema-woven validation
- Page: https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7/

## Checks (against WordPress 7.1.4)

- OK: Updated 8 days ago.
- OK: Tested with WordPress 7.1.
- FLAG: Requires PHP 8.3 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, Cluttered ↔ Clean, Inaccessible ↔ Accessible, Paywalled ↔ Generous, Slows pages ↔ Speeds up, Locked in ↔ Portable.

## Known vulnerabilities

- 2025-04-15 MEDIUM: Order Replay Vulnerability (up to 6.0.5). CVE-2025-3247, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/38257dbf-288e-4028-af65-85f5389888ac?source=api-prod
- 2024-06-05 MEDIUM: Unauthenticated Open Redirect (up to 5.9.4). CVE-2024-4704, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/953be831-d688-4ae1-b8c1-d863eded945b?source=api-prod
- 2024-03-13 MEDIUM: Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (up to 5.9). CVE-2024-2242, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d5bf4972-424a-4470-a0bc-7dcc95378e0e?source=api-prod
- 2023-11-30 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Editor+) Arbitrary File Upload (up to 5.8.3). CVE-2023-6449, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5d7fb020-6acb-445e-a46b-bdb5aaf8f2b6?source=api-prod
- 2020-12-17 HIGH: Arbitrary File Upload via Bypass (before 5.3.2). CVE-2020-35489, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c2f54e8d-9e81-4902-9111-b826ef5da164?source=api-prod
- 2018-09-04 MEDIUM: Authorization Bypass (before 5.0.4). CVE-2018-20979, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1814d2ad-73b1-4440-9cd6-7c5c569c4fb2?source=api-prod
- 2014-08-01 CRITICAL: Arbitrary File Upload (up to 3.5.2). WF-92298f2d-aced-4177-b6e8-36e153e9c930, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/92298f2d-aced-4177-b6e8-36e153e9c930?source=api-prod
- 2014-02-26 MEDIUM: CAPTCHA Bypass (before 3.7.2). CVE-2014-2265, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e421cb35-e9f4-43f3-a39e-d51d197bc279?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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