VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2021-24565

CVSS score8.8 HIGH

EPSS probability0.72%

CISA KEVNot currently listed

Published2021-08-23

Last modified2026-06-17

CVSS vectorCVSS: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.

Weakness classification

contact@wpscan.com: CWE-79
nvd@nist.gov: CWE-79

Primary references

contact@wpscan.com — Patch, Third Party Advisory
contact@wpscan.com — Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Exploit, Third Party Advisory