CVE-2014-2265

Description

Rock Lobster Contact Form 7 before 3.7.2 allows remote attackers to bypass the CAPTCHA protection mechanism and submit arbitrary form data by omitting the _wpcf7_captcha_challenge_captcha-719 parameter.

Category

5.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 2.54% Top 20%
Vendor Advisory contactform7.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://contactform7.com/2014/02/26/contact-form-7-372/ patch vendor advisory
http://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7/changelog
http://web.archive.org/web/20140727133642/http://www.hedgehogsecurity.co.uk/2014/02/26/contactform7-vulnerability/
https://www.acunetix.com/vulnerabilities/web/wordpress-plugin-contact-form-7-security-bypass-3-7-1/
https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2014-2265/

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2014-2265?
CVE-2014-2265 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2014-2265?
To fix CVE-2014-2265, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2014-2265 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2014-2265 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~3% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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