CVE-2026-16144 PUBLISHED

Kali Forms <= 2.4.20 - Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution via 'thisPermalink' Field Parameter

Assigner: Wordfence
Reserved: 17.07.2026 Published: 01.08.2026 Updated: 01.08.2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Score: 8.1

Product Status

Vendor wpchill
Product Kali Forms — Contact Form & Drag-and-Drop Builder
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 2.4.20 (incl.)

Credits

  • Wordfence PRISM finder

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') CWE