Advanced Contact form 7 DB: A security weakness
Advanced Contact form 7 DB is affected by a security weakness. Exploitation requires at least subscriber-level access. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation. The published affected range is <= 2.0.9.
- Component
- Advanced Contact form 7 DB
- Plugin slug
advanced-cf7-db- Affected
- <= 2.0.9
- Safe version
> 2.0.9- Published
- Apr 08, 2026
- Weakness
- CWE-862 — Missing Authorization
This CVE was published Apr 08, 2026 and is one of 8 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Advanced Contact form 7 DB to a release after 2.0.9, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
A safe version is available, so updating to that version or later is the preferred remediation. If an immediate update is not practical, consider a targeted application patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality.
Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.
Technical description
The Advanced Contact form 7 DB plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the 'vsz_cf7_export_to_excel' function in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.9. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to export form submissions to excel file.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N