WordPress plugin
Very Simple Contact Form <= 11.5 — Captcha Bypass
CVE-2022-1801Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤11.5Update to 11.6 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- High7.2
- CVSS
- 7.2CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:NPrivileges required- None
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:CScope- Changed
C:LConfidentiality- Low
I:LIntegrity- Low
A:NAvailability- None
- Weakness
- CWE-804 Guessable CAPTCHA
- Required access
- No account needed
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
On this page8
Am I affected?
VS Contact Form very-simple-contact-form
- Affected≤ 11.5
- Patched in11.6
Update to 11.6 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 11.5. Version 11.6 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under VS Contact Form.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
- No account is needed to exploit this. Treat any exposed site on an affected version as at risk.
What to do
- Update to version 11.6, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch VS Contact Form to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Sebastian Cruz Cardona.
The plugin Very Simple Contact Form in versions up to and including 11.4 uses a captcha that can be bypassed by bots. Version 11.5 removes the captcha code leaving the contact form vulnerable.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
Related CVEs
More in VS Contact Form
All 4| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium5.3 | CAPTCHA Bypass ≤14.7Update to 14.8 | CVE-2024-30540 | |
| Medium5.3 | Missing Authorization ≤13.9Update to 14.0 | CVE-2023-41862 | |
| Medium6.1 | Reflected Cross-Site Scripting ≤11.5Update to 11.6 | — |
- Medium5.3CAPTCHA Bypass
≤14.7Update to 14.8
- Medium5.3Missing Authorization
≤13.9Update to 14.0
- Medium6.1Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
≤11.5Update to 11.6
Timeline
CVE published
Severity high, CVSS 7.2
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. [object Object] Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
- CVE® identifiers
- [object Object]. Used under the CVE Program. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.
- CVSS / CWE
- National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- VulnCrest content
- Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.