The Contact Form 7 Math Captcha WordPress plugin through 2.0.1 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users.
Fixes

Solution

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Workaround

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History

Wed, 02 Oct 2024 17:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Dotsquares
Dotsquares contact Form 7 Math Captcha
Weaknesses CWE-79
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:dotsquares:contact_form_7_math_captcha:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Vendors & Products Dotsquares
Dotsquares contact Form 7 Math Captcha
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}


Thu, 26 Sep 2024 14:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Contact Form 7 Captcha Project
Contact Form 7 Captcha Project contact Form 7 Math Captcha
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:contact_form_7_captcha_project:contact_form_7_math_captcha:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Contact Form 7 Captcha Project
Contact Form 7 Captcha Project contact Form 7 Math Captcha
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 26 Sep 2024 06:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description The Contact Form 7 Math Captcha WordPress plugin through 2.0.1 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users.
Title Contact Form 7 Math Captcha <= 2.0.1 - Reflected XSS
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2025-03-14T15:17:21.018Z

Reserved: 2024-07-04T15:43:38.705Z

Link: CVE-2024-6517

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-09-26T13:45:48.485Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-09-26T06:15:04.767

Modified: 2025-03-14T16:15:38.673

Link: CVE-2024-6517

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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