High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Aug 23, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2021-24565
CVE-2021-24565
Description
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.
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Affected products
2- WordPress/Contact Form 7 Captchadescription
- Range: <0.0.9
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
2- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2570402nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- wpscan.com/vulnerability/97bfef5e-2ee0-491a-a931-4f44c83e5be0nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
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