CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2021-24565

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.

6.8 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 6.4

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

Scope

8.8 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2570402 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/97bfef5e-2ee0-491a-a931-4f44c83e5be0 Exploit Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:contact_form_7_captcha_project:contact_form_7_captcha:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Information

Published : 2021-08-23 12:15

Updated : 2022-07-28 12:00

NVD link : CVE-2021-24565

Mitre link : CVE-2021-24565

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-352

CWE-79