CVE-2026-5116

MEDIUMPre-NVD 4.44.4—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 4.4 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-08-05. a secondary CVSS source baseline 4.4; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
4.4EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 4.4Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

The Contact Form 7 – Dynamic Text Extension plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in all versions up to, and including, 5.0.5. This is due to insufficient output escaping on form shortcode keys displayed in the admin "Scan Forms for Post Meta and User Data Keys" page. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Editor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts that execute when an Administrator runs the scan feature.

CVSS v3
4.4
EG Score
4.4(high)
EG Risk
20(Track)
EG Risk 20/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity44% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
22%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 5, 2026

Last Modified

August 12, 2026

References (4)

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-5116(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 22× in last 7d / 52× 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.

  1. 2026-08-21 06:55 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-08-21 06:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-20 22:55 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-08-20 08:27 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-08-20 08:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-08-19 17:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-08-19 10:03 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-08-19 10:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-08-18 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-08-18 11:33 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-08-18 11:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-08-17 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-08-17 13:09 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-08-17 13:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-08-16 14:44 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-08-16 14:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-08-15 16:20 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-08-15 16:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-08-15 01:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-08-14 17:55 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-08-14 17:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-08-13 22:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-08-13 19:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-08-12 21:07 UTCEG score recompute
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  1. 2026-08-12 21:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-08-12 13:51 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-08-12 04:16 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-08-12 04:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-08-11 05:51 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-08-11 05:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-08-11 00:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-08-10 07:28 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-08-10 07:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-08-09 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-08-09 09:04 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-08-09 09:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-08-08 16:37 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-08-08 10:40 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-08-08 10:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-08-07 12:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-08-06 13:52 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-08-06 13:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-08-06 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-08-05 19:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-08-05 15:27 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-08-05 15:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-08-05 14:37 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-08-05 14:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-08-05 08:23 UTCEG score recompute
  26. 2026-08-05 07:24 UTCEG score recompute
  27. 2026-08-05 07:20 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-5116?
CVE-2026-5116 is a medium vulnerability published on August 5, 2026. The Contact Form 7 – Dynamic Text Extension plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in all versions up to, and including, 5.0.5. This is due to insufficient output escaping on form shortcode keys displayed in the admin "Scan Forms for Post Meta and User Data Keys" page.…
When was CVE-2026-5116 disclosed?
CVE-2026-5116 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 5, 2026, with the most recent update on August 12, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-5116 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-5116 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 77.6% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-5116?
CVE-2026-5116 has a CVSS v3 base score of 4.4 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-5116?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-5116, 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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