CVE-2026-15000 | Connect Contact Form 7 and Mailchimp <= 0.9.78.06 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Mailchimp Merge Field Values

The Connect Contact Form 7 and Mailchimp plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Mailchimp Merge Field Values in all versions up to, and including, 0.9.78.06 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. The injected payload is only triggered when a privileged user (Administrator) performs a Contact Lookup for the email address submitted via the CF7 form, meaning execution is deferred until an administrator interacts with the affected entry.

Published: 2026-07-09 Last update: 2026-07-09 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2026-15000 is rated Low Risk (37.9/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.34%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2026-15000

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-07-09 0.34%

Full EPSS history (1 record total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2026-15000

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.2 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
3.9 2.7 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2026-15000

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2026-15000

GHSA-6h77-cm5j-f2x9 · Severity: high — The Connect Contact Form 7 and Mailchimp plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site...

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2026-15000

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
No affected products in dataset.

References for CVE-2026-15000

URL Tags
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/contact-form-7-mailchimp-extension/tags/0.9.78.05/assets/js/chimpmatic-lite.js#L1706
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/contact-form-7-mailchimp-extension/tags/0.9.78.05/assets/js/chimpmatic-lite.js#L2036
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/contact-form-7-mailchimp-extension/tags/0.9.78.05/includes/api/class-cmatic-contact-lookup.php#L237
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/contact-form-7-mailchimp-extension/tags/0.9.78.05/includes/services/submission/class-cmatic-merge-vars-builder.php#L30
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/contact-form-7-mailchimp-extension/trunk/assets/js/chimpmatic-lite.js#L1706
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/contact-form-7-mailchimp-extension/trunk/assets/js/chimpmatic-lite.js#L2036
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/contact-form-7-mailchimp-extension/trunk/includes/api/class-cmatic-contact-lookup.php#L237
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/contact-form-7-mailchimp-extension/trunk/includes/services/submission/class-cmatic-merge-vars-builder.php#L30
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3599649%40contact-form-7-mailchimp-extension&new=3599649%40contact-form-7-mailchimp-extension
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/be2579e3-8e40-4603-9ec1-38f43dc1aa29?source=cve
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