# CVE-2026-12127: WPForms \<= 1.10.2 - Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences to Unauthenticated Email Header Injection via Reply-To Display Name

- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-07-01 · Updated: 2026-07-01

## Affected

- smub WPForms – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Survey Form, Quiz & More: through 1.10.2

## Description

The WPForms – Easy Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Surveys, & More plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences ('CRLF Injection') in all versions up to, and including, 1.10.2 This is due to `get_reply_to_address()` processing the Reply-To display name through smart-tag expansion with context `'notification'` instead of `'notification-reply-to'`, which bypasses email-address validation while `wpforms_sanitize_textarea_field()` intentionally preserves CR/LF characters that are never stripped before the display name is concatenated into the raw `Reply-To:` mail header string. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary additional email headers — such as `Bcc:` — into outgoing notification emails, silently blind-copying all notification email copies to an attacker-controlled address. Exploitation requires that a form notification is configured to use a Paragraph Text (textarea) field as the Reply-To display name via a Smart Tag.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on smub WPForms – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Survey Form, Quiz & More, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d5a51c22-c4ca-4897-ad7e-c5df00b07fe0?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpforms-lite/tags/1.10.1.1/src/Emails/Mailer.php#L368
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpforms-lite/tags/1.10.1.1/src/Emails/Notifications.php#L1098
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpforms-lite/tags/1.10.1.1/src/Emails/Notifications.php#L1138
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpforms-lite/tags/1.10.1.1/includes/fields/class-textarea.php#L326
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpforms-lite/tags/1.10.0.2/src/Emails/Mailer.php#L368
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpforms-lite/tags/1.10.0.2/src/Emails/Notifications.php#L1098
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpforms-lite/tags/1.10.0.2/src/Emails/Notifications.php#L1138
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpforms-lite/tags/1.10.0.2/includes/fields/class-textarea.php#L326
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3586095/wpforms-lite/trunk/src/Emails/Mailer.php
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=%2Fwpforms-lite/tags/1.10.2&new_path=%2Fwpforms-lite/tags/1.10.2.1

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