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.

CVSS v3 8.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 6.8 MEDIUM

8.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

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

6.8^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

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 (hide)

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

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2021-08-23 12:15

Updated : 2024-02-28 18:28

NVD link : CVE-2021-24565

Mitre link : CVE-2021-24565

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-24565

JSON object : View

Products Affected

contact_form_7_captcha_project

contact_form_7_captcha

CWE

CWE-352

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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