CVE-2026-16144Disclosure

LOWCVSS 8.1 · HIGH

Signal is active with 1 mentions in latest observed window

Immediate actions

  • Patch affected systems immediately

Recommended action window: Monitor and triage in normal cycle

NVD 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.

0.5/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Weakness type (CWE)
CWE-94

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

NONE

PoC

NONE

Patch

AVAILABLE

Momentum

NONE

Threat summary

  • Patch or workaround signal is available
  • 1 mentions across 1 observed day

What's happening

  • Patch or workaround mentioned in 1 signal
  • Technical details provided in 1 signal
  • Disclosure: 1 classified signal
  • 1 total mentions across 1 day

Deep dive

Activity timeline1 mentions / 1d
00111Mentions · 2026-08-02: 1Patch / Workaround · 2026-08-02: 1Technical Details · 2026-08-02: 108-02
Signal classification1 categories
Disclosure
1100.0%
Referenced assets1 URL
By indicator
Full discourse1 post
  • Hugo | DevOps | Cybersecurity 🇱🇻@HugoValters
    Disclosure

    CVE-2026-16144 - Critical RCE in Kali Forms WordPress plugin. Unauthenticated code execution via call_user_func. CVSS 8.1. No patch available - disable plugin now. #CVE #WordPress #infosec #developer #developers #devsecops #devops #sysadmin #redteam #blueteam #hacker #hackers #git #github #gitlab https://www.valtersit.com/cve/CVE-2026-16144

    Post summary

    The post announces a critical RCE vulnerability in the Kali Forms WordPress plugin, highlights lack of patch and recommends disabling the plugin, but provides no exploit or active usage details.

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