Record summary

CVE-2026-16144 has a selected CVSS score of 8.1 (high).

Description

The Kali Forms — Contact Form & Drag-and-Drop Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution in all versions up to, and including, 2.4.20 via the _save_data function. This is due to insufficient validation of the 'thisPermalink' field value before it overwrites a trusted callable placeholder, allowing attacker-controlled strings to reach call_user_func() in _save_data(). This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to execute code on the server. Exploitation requires the target form to define a field with a name matching one of the reserved placeholder keys ('thisPermalink', 'entryCounter', or 'submission_link'), as check_if_placeholders_changed() only processes POST keys present in the form's field_type_map.

Description source: CVE List

Exploitation context

Known exploitation

VulnCheck KEV
Listed · Aug 5, 2026 · VulnCheck
Reported exploitation
Observed · VulnCheck

CISA SSVC decision

ExploitationNone
AutomatableNo
Technical impactTotal

CISA Coordinator · SSVC 2.0.3 · Evaluated Aug 3, 2026 · Source: CVE List

Affected products and versions

2
ProductSourceVersion rangeStatus
VulnCheckVersion data not supplied

Kali Forms — Contact Form & Drag-and-Drop Builder

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Default status: unaffected

CVE ListThrough 2.4.20affected

References

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