Plugins · flamingo · data as of 2026-11-01
Is Flamingo safe? Known vulnerabilities and latest version
- Latest version
- 2.6.4
- Last updated
- 2026-08-18
- Active installs
- 800,000+
- Known issues on record
- 1
- Unpatched in latest
- 0
- Tested up to WP
- 7.1.4 · PHP 7.4+
A trustworthy message storage plugin for Contact Form 7. — by Rock Lobster Inc.
What to do
- Update to the latest version (2.6.4). Anything older than 2.6.3 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 flamingo --field=version shows what you run; wp plugin update flamingo updates it.
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Known vulnerabilities
1 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.
medium 5.4 CVE-2026-12853 · published 2026-09-07
Missing authorization check in Flamingo (2.6.2 and older)
- Affected
- 2.6.2 and older
- Fixed in
- 2.6.3 *
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber)
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Wordfence
Details from the advisory
The Flamingo plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 2.6.2. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to enumerate taxonomy terms including channel names derived from Contact Form 7 form titles that may reveal internal form purposes, department names, or workflow identifiers, as well as submission counts per channel and contact tag names. The plugin's flamingo_map_meta_cap() filter restricts access to Flamingo's admin UI but does not extend to WordPress core APIs such as XML-RPC wp.getTerms and admin-ajax ajax-tag-search.
NVD CVE-2026-12853Wordfence advisoryCode change (fix)Plugin source
Recent activity
- 2026-08-18 — latest release on wordpress.org (2.6.4).
- 2026-09-07 — Missing authorization check disclosed (CVE-2026-12853), fixed in 2.6.3.
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Where this data comes from
- Version, last update, installs: wordpress.org/plugins/flamingo (Plugins API), fetched 2026-11-01.
- Vulnerabilities: NIST National Vulnerability Database (NVD), checked 2026-11-01. 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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