CVE-2021-42358 details a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Contact Form With Captcha WordPress plugin, affecting versions up to and including 1.6.2. This flaw, stemming from missing nonce validation during form submission, allows attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH), the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity, potentially leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.6.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:contact_form_with_captcha_project:contact_form_with_captcha:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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