Very Simple Contact Form <= 11.5 - Captcha Bypass

Guessable CAPTCHA

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

CVE	CVE-2022-1801
CVSS	High (7.2)
Publicly Published	May 22, 2022
Last Updated	January 22, 2024
Researcher	Sebastian Cruz Cardona

Description

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.

References

www.wordfence.com

1 affected software package

Software Type	Plugin
Software Slug	very-simple-contact-form (view on wordpress.org)
Patched?	Yes
Affected Version	<= 11.5
Patched Version	11.6

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