Is CVE-2026-1540 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2026-1540 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2026-1540?

CVE-2026-1540 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.2 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2026-1540?

CVE-2026-1540 has an EPSS score of 0.64% (46th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2026-1540

HIGH

7.2

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

The Spam Protect for Contact Form 7 WordPress plugin before 1.2.10 allows logging to a PHP file, which could allow an attacker with editor access to achieve Remote Code Execution by using a crafted header

CWE-94Code Injection

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredHigh

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.64%probability of exploitation in 30 days

46thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 46% of all known CVEs.

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/ad00d1bb-ea8d-44a3-9064-6412804d9e95/

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-15.