Contact Form 7 + Telegram <= 0.8.5 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Subscription Approve/Pause/Refuse

published 2024-10-28 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-50066

cvss: 5.4; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.4%; EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 33%
public exploits: 0; none known

The Contact Form 7 + Telegram plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data and loss of data due to a missing capability check on the 'wpcf7_Telegram::ajax' function in versions up to, and including, 0.8.5. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to approve, pause and refuse subscriptions.

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-10-28)

Exploit prediction

0.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 33% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	5.4	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

Affected products

hokku Message Bridge for Contact Form 7 and Telegram

Classification

Weakness

CWE-862 Missing Authorization

Technology feeds

WordPress rss critical rss

References

Sources

CVE List CVE-2024-9629
NVD CVE-2024-9629

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Summary