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CVE-2026-97661— Business Essentials for Contact Form 7 <= 1.2.1 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'gateway' Form Field

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Affected
scottpaterson Business Essentials for Contact Form 7
Exploitation
No confirmed in-the-wild exploitation; assess based on exposure
Recommended action
Check the vendor advisory and references for a fixed version. If immediate upgrade is impossible, restrict exposure and increase monitoring.

WordPress 的 Business Essentials for Contact Form 7 插件在包括 1.2.1 在内的所有版本中，由于输入清理和输出转义不足，存在通过“gateway”表单字段引发的存储型跨站脚本（Stored XSS）漏洞。这使得未经身份验证的攻击者能够向页面中注入任意 Web 脚本，当用户访问被注入的页面时，这些脚本将被执行。利用该漏洞需要启用 Payments 模块，并且表单需配置为同时接受 PayPal 和 Stripe 作为支付网关。

CVSS 7.2 · High EPSS 0.24% · P13

Possible ATT&CK Techniques 1 AI

T1059.007 · JavaScript

Affected Version Matrix 1

VendorProduct Version RangeStatus
scottpaterson Business Essentials for Contact Form 7 ≤ 1.2.1 affected
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I. Basic Information for CVE-2026-97661

Vulnerability Information
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Vulnerability Title
Business Essentials for Contact Form 7 <= 1.2.1 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'gateway' Form Field
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability 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.
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
CVSS Information
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Type
在Web页面生成时对输入的转义处理不恰当(跨站脚本)
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5

Affected Products

Vendor Product Affected Versions CPE Subscribe
scottpaterson Business Essentials for Contact Form 7 0 ~ 1.2.1 -

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IV. Related Vulnerabilities

Same product: Business Essentials for Contact Form 7
Same vendor: scottpaterson
Same weakness: CWE-79

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