The Contact Form 7 reCAPTCHA WordPress plugin through 1.2.0 does not escape the $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] parameter before outputting it back in an attribute, which could lead to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting in old web browsers.
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History

Fri, 12 Sep 2025 06:15:00 +0000

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Description The Contact Form 7 reCAPTCHA WordPress plugin through 1.2.0 does not escape the $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] parameter before outputting it back in an attribute, which could lead to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting in old web browsers.
Title Contact Form 7 reCAPTCHA <= 1.2.0 - Reflected XSS via $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2025-09-12T06:00:06.157Z

Reserved: 2025-07-28T13:37:03.227Z

Link: CVE-2025-8280

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2025-09-12T06:15:43.660

Modified: 2025-09-12T06:15:43.660

Link: CVE-2025-8280

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