The Database for Contact Form 7, WPforms, Elementor forms WordPress plugin before 1.5.2 does not restrict the PHP classes allowed when unserializing an attacker-supplied form-field value, allowing unauthenticated users to inject arbitrary PHP objects that are instantiated when an administrator views the stored entry. This is an incomplete fix of CVE-2025-7384 and CVE-2026-2599, whose deserialization paths were hardened while the entry-editor file-field path was missed.
CVE-2026-12081
MEDIUMPre-NVD 5.05.0—Trending — 5 sources updated this weekElevated
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence
Score 5.0 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-07-13. CISA-ADP (Vulnrichment) CVSS v3.1 baseline 5.0; sources differ by 0.0.
Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: cisa-adp, epss, ghsa
5.0
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 5.0Exploit: NoneExposed: 0
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 5.0
- EG Score
- 5.0(high)
- EPSS
- 3.7%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
July 13, 2026
Last Modified
July 13, 2026
Advisory Details (1)
Auto-updated Jul 13, 2026🔬 Proof of concept available. No patch confirmed yet.
generic🟡 PoC Available
Database for Contact Form 7, WPforms, Elementor forms < 1.5.2 – Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection via Entry File Field | CVE 2026-12081 | Plugin Vulnerabilities
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/91d0baf4-1052-4666-a28b-34689e06cbab/Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-12081(1)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 9× in last 7d / 9× in last 30d)
Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.
- 2026-07-16 01:17 UTCEG score recompute▲ 5.00
- 2026-07-16 01:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-15 16:57 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-15 02:00 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-13 22:30 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-13 16:22 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v3 → 5 · severity → MEDIUM
- 2026-07-13 08:08 UTCNVD update
- 2026-07-13 06:34 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-13 06:32 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked
Frequently asked(5)
What is CVE-2026-12081?
CVE-2026-12081 is a medium vulnerability published on July 13, 2026. The Database for Contact Form 7, WPforms, Elementor forms WordPress plugin before 1.5.2 does not restrict the PHP classes allowed when unserializing an attacker-supplied form-field value, allowing unauthenticated users to inject arbitrary PHP objects that are instantiated when an administrator…
When was CVE-2026-12081 disclosed?
CVE-2026-12081 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 13, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-12081 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-12081 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 3.7% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-12081?
CVE-2026-12081 has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.0 (CISA-ADP / Vulnrichment enrichment; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-12081?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-12081, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.
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