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Contact Form & SMTP Plugin for WordPress by PirateForms vulnerabilities
Contact Form & SMTP Plugin for WordPress by PirateForms has 2 known vulnerabilities in this database. The most recent published record is dated 25 Mar 2025.
- Known vulnerabilities
- 2
- Active installs
- 30,000+
- Latest version
- 2.6.1
- Last updated
- 22 Sep 2026
- Most recent
- 25 Mar 2025
Find it in your WordPress dashboard under Plugins. Severity is based on the CVSS score published with the CVE where one is available.
| Vulnerability | Severity | Affected | Fix | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cross-site scripting (XSS) CVE-2024-11272 | Medium 6.1 | Before 2.6.0 | Fixed in 2.6.0 | 25 Mar 2025 |
| Remote code execution CVE-2024-13453 | High 7.3 | Up to 2.6.0 | Fixed in a later version (latest 2.6.1) | 30 Jan 2025 |
Read the published descriptions
- CVE-2024-11272, 25 Mar 2025
- The Contact Form & SMTP Plugin for WordPress by PirateForms WordPress plugin before 2.6.0 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup). CVE record
- CVE-2024-13453, 30 Jan 2025
- The The Contact Form & SMTP Plugin for WordPress by PirateForms plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution in all versions up to, and including, 2.6.0. 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. CVE record
What to do if you run Contact Form & SMTP Plugin for WordPress by PirateForms
If you run Contact Form & SMTP Plugin for WordPress by PirateForms, open WordPress and check the installed version in Plugins. Compare it with the affected versions in the vulnerability record. If a fixed version is available, take a current backup and update to that version or the latest supported release.
If no fixed version exists, consider disabling and removing the plugin or replacing it with a maintained alternative. After dealing with the affected software, check administrator users, unexpected file changes, redirects, unfamiliar pages and security logs for signs that the site may already have been altered.
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