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CVE-2022-1801

Very Simple Contact Form < 11.6 - Captcha bypass

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: June 20, 2022 at 10:25 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:23 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorVery Simple Contact Form

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%

Description

The Very Simple Contact Form WordPress plugin before 11.6 exposes the solution to the captcha in the rendered contact form, both as hidden input fields and as plain text in the page, making it very easy for bots to bypass the captcha check, rendering the page a likely target for spam bots.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Very Simple Contact Form· Very Simple Contact Form Projectwordpress-plugin
95%
v < 11.6
Affected range stops below 11.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (1)

x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a5c97809-2ffc-4efb-8c80-1b734361cd06

CVSS

7.5HIGH[email protected]
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-804CWE-287

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