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CVE-2021-24565

HIGH 8.8 CVSS 3.1
Published
August 23, 2021
Last modified
June 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified
Reported by
contact@wpscan.com
Weakness
CWE-79, CWE-352
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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.

Affected products and versions

  • Unknown Contact Form 7 Captcha — From 0.0.9 (including) to 0.0.9 (excluding)
  • contact_form_7_captcha_project contact_form_7_captcha — Before 0.0.9

References

  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2570402 Patch, Third Party Advisory
  • wpscan.com https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/97bfef5e-2ee0-491a-a931-4f44c83e5be0 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
  • nvd.nist.gov Official NVD record