PT-2014-4594 · Rock Lobster · Contact Form 7

Published 2014-03-14 · Updated 2022-09-27 · CVE-2014-2265

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Rock Lobster Contact Form 7 versions prior to 3.7.2

Description The issue allows remote attackers to bypass the CAPTCHA protection mechanism and submit arbitrary form data by omitting the wpcf7 captcha challenge captcha-719 parameter. This enables attackers to circumvent the security measure designed to prevent automated submissions.

Recommendations For versions prior to 3.7.2, update to version 3.7.2 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider implementing additional validation measures for form submissions to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2014-2265

Affected Products

Contact Form 7

References · 8

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-2265 · Security Note
• http://contactform7.com/2014/02/26/contact-form-7-372 · Vendor Advisory
• http://web.archive.org/web/20140727133642/http://hedgehogsecurity.co.uk/2014/02/26/contactform7-vulnerability · Note
• http://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7/changelog · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-2265 · Note
• https://cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2014-2265 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/36806 · Telegram Post
• https://acunetix.com/vulnerabilities/web/wordpress-plugin-contact-form-7-security-bypass-3-7-1 · Note