CVE-2021-42358 HIGH

CVE-2021-42358: Contact Form With Captcha <= 1.6.2 Cross-Site Request Forgery to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Vendor Contact Form With Captcha
Product Contact Form With Captcha
Weakness CWE-352 · CSRF
Published November 29, 2021
Last update February 13, 2025
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CVSS base score

8.8/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

The Contact Form With Captcha WordPress plugin is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery due to missing nonce validation in the ~/cfwc-form.php file during contact form submission, which made it possible for attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in versions up to, and including 1.6.2.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

November 29, 2021 CVE published
February 13, 2025 Record updated