Very Simple Contact Form < 11.6 - Captcha bypass
CVE-2022-1801

7.5HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Wordpress
Status
Very Simple Contact Form
Vendor
CVE Published:
20 June 2022

What is CVE-2022-1801?

The Very Simple Contact Form WordPress plugin before 11.6 exposes the solution to the captcha in the rendered contact form, both as hidden input fields and as plain text in the page, making it very easy for bots to bypass the captcha check, rendering the page a likely target for spam bots.

Affected Version(s)

Very Simple Contact Form 11.6

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a5c97809-2ffc-4efb-8c80-...
x_refsource_MISC

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.5
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
High
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Sebastian Cruz Cardona
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