Answer in brief
CVE-2026-97661 records a High severity (CVSS 7.2) vulnerability in Business Essentials for Contact Form 7 <= 1.2.1 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'gateway' Form Field. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps scottpaterson/Business Essentials for Contact Form 7 (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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CVSS is 7.2. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
Factual feed record only; HOL analysis is not approved for indexing. Read the methodology.
The current feed maps scottpaterson/Business Essentials for Contact Form 7 (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| scottpaterson/Business Essentials for Contact Form 7generic | >=0 <=1.2.1 | Not reported |
Published upstream
Oct 1, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Oct 1, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Oct 1, 2026
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.
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