Is Business Essentials for Contact Form 7 safe to use?

Laskyr does not give safety verdicts. No known unpatched vulnerabilities in the latest version (1.2.2). As of 2026-11-04. 4 issues are on record for older versions; version 1.2.2 or newer fixes all of them that state a fix. Keep Business Essentials for Contact Form 7 on the latest version (1.2.2) and remove it if you do not use it.

Which versions of Business Essentials for Contact Form 7 are vulnerable?

Known issues on record (newest first): Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) (1.2.1 and older, fixed in 1.2.2); Reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) (1.0.7 and older, fixed in 1.0.8); Reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) (1.0.6 and older, fixed in 1.0.7); Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) (1.0.3 and older, fixed in 1.0.4). The full list with sources is on this page.

What is the latest version of Business Essentials for Contact Form 7?

1.2.2, according to wordpress.org (last updated 2026-09-26). It has 7,000+ active installs.

What should I do if my Business Essentials for Contact Form 7 is out of date?

Take a backup, then update it from Dashboard > Updates (or run wp plugin update cf7-redirect-thank-you-page). If you cannot update right away, deactivate it until you can. If you think the site was already attacked, run a free scan at https://laskyr.com/scan.

Plugins · cf7-redirect-thank-you-page · data as of 2026-11-04

Is Business Essentials for Contact Form 7 safe? Known vulnerabilities and latest version

Latest version: 1.2.2
Last updated: 2026-09-26
Active installs: 7,000+
Known issues on record: 4
Unpatched in latest: 0
Tested up to WP: 7.1.4 · PHP 5.6+

Business Essentials for Contact Form 7 — by Scott Paterson

What to do

Update to the latest version (1.2.2). Anything older than 1.2.2 has at least one known issue listed below. Dashboard → Updates, or Plugins → “update now”.
If you cannot update right away, deactivate it until you can.
Turn on auto-updates for it: Plugins → “Enable auto-updates” on its row.
If you ran a vulnerable version and something looks off (spam pages, strange admins, redirects), run the free scan.

With WP-CLI: wp plugin get cf7-redirect-thank-you-page --field=version shows what you run; wp plugin update cf7-redirect-thank-you-page updates it.

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Known vulnerabilities

4 on record, newest first. “Affected” is the version range the source gives; “fixed in” is the version the source names, or (marked *) the first wordpress.org release after the last affected version.

high 7.2 CVE-2026-97661 · published 2026-10-01

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Business Essentials for Contact Form 7 (1.2.1 and older)

Affected: 1.2.1 and older
Fixed in: 1.2.2 *
Access needed (per CVSS): No login needed
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Wordfence

Details from the advisory

The Business Essentials for Contact Form 7 plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'gateway' Form Field in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.1 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. Exploitation requires the Payments module to be enabled and a form to be configured to accept both PayPal and Stripe as payment gateways.

NVD CVE-2026-97661 Wordfence advisory Code change (fix)Plugin source

medium 6.1 CVE-2024-12423 · published 2025-01-15

Reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) in Business Essentials for Contact Form 7 (1.0.7 and older)

Affected: 1.0.7 and older
Fixed in: 1.0.8 *
Access needed (per CVSS): No login needed; someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Wordfence

Details from the advisory

The Contact Form 7 Redirect & Thank You Page plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the 'post' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.7 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

NVD CVE-2024-12423 Wordfence advisory Code change (fix)Plugin source

medium 6.1 CVE-2024-10685 · published 2024-11-12

Reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) in Business Essentials for Contact Form 7 (1.0.6 and older)

Affected: 1.0.6 and older
Fixed in: 1.0.7 *
Access needed (per CVSS): No login needed; someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Wordfence

Details from the advisory

The Contact Form 7 Redirect & Thank You Page plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the 'tab' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.6 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

NVD CVE-2024-10685 Wordfence advisory Code change (fix)

high 8.8 CVE-2023-24395 · published 2023-07-10

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) in Business Essentials for Contact Form 7 (1.0.3 and older)

Affected: 1.0.3 and older
Fixed in: 1.0.4
Access needed (per CVSS): No login needed; someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by NVD

Details from the advisory

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Scott Paterson Contact Form 7 Redirect & Thank You Page plugin <= 1.0.3 versions.

NVD CVE-2023-24395 Patchstack advisory

Recent activity

2026-09-26 — latest release on wordpress.org (1.2.2).
2026-10-01 — Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) disclosed (CVE-2026-97661), fixed in 1.2.2.
2025-01-15 — Reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) disclosed (CVE-2024-12423), fixed in 1.0.8.
2024-11-12 — Reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) disclosed (CVE-2024-10685), fixed in 1.0.7.

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Types found in this plugin: Cross-site scripting (XSS) (3) · Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) (1)

Where this data comes from

Version, last update, installs: wordpress.org/plugins/cf7-redirect-thank-you-page (Plugins API), fetched 2026-11-04.
Vulnerabilities: NIST National Vulnerability Database (NVD), checked 2026-11-04. This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
Each record links to its CVE page and to the original advisory (Wordfence, Patchstack or WPScan) where there is one. We only list a CVE here when its references or its advisory name this exact plugin, so a few real issues may be missing; none should be about a different plugin. Spot an error? Email Daniel.

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Is Business Essentials for Contact Form 7 safe? Known vulnerabilities and latest version

No known unpatched vulnerabilities in the latest version (1.2.2)

What to do

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Known vulnerabilities

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Business Essentials for Contact Form 7 (1.2.1 and older)

Reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) in Business Essentials for Contact Form 7 (1.0.7 and older)

Reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) in Business Essentials for Contact Form 7 (1.0.6 and older)

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) in Business Essentials for Contact Form 7 (1.0.3 and older)

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