CVE-2021-24565
Contact Form 7 Captcha <= 0.0.8 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Stored Cross-Site Scripting
highImproper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
8.8
CVSS Score
8.8
CVSS Score
high
Severity
0.0.9
Patched in
911d
Time to patch
Description
The Contact Form 7 Captcha WordPress plugin before 0.0.9 does not have any CSRF check in place when saving its settings, allowing attacker to make a logged in user with the manage_options change them. Furthermore, the settings are not escaped when output in attributes, leading to a Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue.
CVSS Vector Breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HAttack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
High
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
Technical Details
Affected versions
<0.0.9PublishedJuly 26, 2021
Last updatedJanuary 22, 2024
Affected plugincontact-form-7-simple-recaptcha
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