Affects popular WordPress form/marketing plugins; potential RCE on many sites.
CVE-2026-49765
Unauthenticated PHP object injection in WordPress plugins enables RCE.
Is CVE-2026-49765 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-49765 does not appear in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which records only exploitation that has been observed and reported publicly. That is evidence of absence of a report, not evidence the flaw is unattacked. EPSS currently estimates a 0.38% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2026-49765?
CVE-2026-49765 is rated Critical with a CVSS score of 9.8. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2026-49765?
Not known from our data. No patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2026-49765, which is not the same as no patch existing — a fix may have shipped without a tagged reference, or after this record was written. The vendor advisory is the only authority on whether a fix exists, and mitigations may be available regardless.
What does CVE-2026-49765 affect?
CVE-2026-49765 affects Mailchimp integration for WordPress, Contact Form 7, WPForms, Elementor, and 2 further products or versions. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2026-49765?
Upgrade affected plugins to latest releases when available
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
RCE via unauthenticated PHP object injection in multiple WP form/marketing plugins (<=1.1.8).
Immediate action required
- affected<= 1.1.8
As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.