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CVE-2014-2265

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-2265 describes a CAPTCHA bypass vulnerability in Rock Lobster Contact Form 7 versions prior to 3.7.2, affecting WordPress installations utilizing this plugin. An attacker can bypass CAPTCHA protection and submit arbitrary form data by simply omitting a specific parameter. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and potential for partial integrity impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 3.7.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:rocklobster:contact_form_7:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
3.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:rocklobster:contact_form_7:3.6:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
3.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:rocklobster:contact_form_7:3.7:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.06%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
86.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0306 is in the 81st percentile among its peer group of 23,701 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

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