CVE-2021-36886 MEDIUM

CVE-2021-36886: WordPress Contact Form 7 Database Addon – CFDB7 plugin <= 1.2.5.9 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability

Vendor Ciphercoin

Product Contact Form 7 Database Addon – CFDB7 (WordPress plugin)

Weakness CWE-352 · CSRF

Published December 22, 2021

Last update April 28, 2026

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CVSS base score

6.5/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required None

User interaction Required

Confidentiality None

Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability discovered in Contact Form 7 Database Addon – CFDB7 WordPress plugin (versions <= 1.2.5.9).

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

The CFDB7 plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks. An attacker can craft a malicious webpage that, when visited by a logged-in site administrator, performs unwanted actions within the plugin without the admin's knowledge or consent. This could allow modification of plugin settings or data.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Trick a logged-in admin into performing unwanted actions in the plugin via a malicious webpage.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

Plugin settings or stored form data could be modified or deleted without your authorization.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Admin must visit attacker-controlled webpage while logged into WordPress.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

December 22, 2021 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-36886 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/352.html AskarLabs — CWE-352 write-up Cross-Site Request Forgery

Related vulnerabilities

Identifiers

CVE CVE-2021-36886

CWE CWE-352

CVSS 6.5 / MEDIUM

Affected versions