The Abandoned Contact Form 7 plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized arbitrary post deletion in versions up to, and including, 2.2. This is due to a missing capability check and missing nonce validation in the action__remove_abandoned() function, which is registered to both the wp_ajax_remove_abandoned and wp_ajax_nopriv_remove_abandoned hooks. The handler takes a user-supplied recover_id parameter from $_POST and passes it directly to wp_delete_post() with the force-delete flag set to true, without verifying that the ID belongs to the plugin's own cf7af_data post type. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to permanently delete arbitrary posts, pages, or other content on the affected site by sending a single admin-ajax.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

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 0.00228.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
zealopensource Abandoned Contact Form 7 unaffected
Version Status Constraints
0 affected ≤ 2.2

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References
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https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/abandoned-contact-form-7/tags/2.2/inc/class.cf7af.php#L49 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/abandoned-contact-form-7/tags/2.2/inc/class.cf7af.php#L65 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/abandoned-contact-form-7/tags/2.2/inc/class.cf7af.php#L68 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a38ebdeb-6ab8-4f1d-9c13-39211a9e97b6?source=cve cve-icon cve-icon
History

Tue, 16 Jun 2026 13:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

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

Tue, 16 Jun 2026 06:30:00 +0000

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Description The Abandoned Contact Form 7 plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized arbitrary post deletion in versions up to, and including, 2.2. This is due to a missing capability check and missing nonce validation in the action__remove_abandoned() function, which is registered to both the wp_ajax_remove_abandoned and wp_ajax_nopriv_remove_abandoned hooks. The handler takes a user-supplied recover_id parameter from $_POST and passes it directly to wp_delete_post() with the force-delete flag set to true, without verifying that the ID belongs to the plugin's own cf7af_data post type. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to permanently delete arbitrary posts, pages, or other content on the affected site by sending a single admin-ajax.
Title Abandoned Contact Form 7 <= 2.2 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Arbitrary Post Deletion via 'recover_id' Parameter
Weaknesses CWE-862
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-06-16T12:37:54.599Z

Reserved: 2026-05-21T15:01:06.791Z

Link: CVE-2026-9187

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Updated: 2026-06-16T12:37:47.656Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-06-16T06:16:58.817

Modified: 2026-06-16T15:22:49.577

Link: CVE-2026-9187

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Updated: 2026-06-16T21:30:16Z

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