CVE-2024-6517

Contact Form 7 Math Captcha <= 2.0.1 - Reflected XSS

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.

Affected

Contact Form 7 Math Captcha

CVSS v3.1 NVD

6.1 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

EPSS

0.70% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 52nd percentile

Nuclei

medium · CWE-79

Published

2024-09-26

Updated

2025-03-14

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d04bab9c-7cb4-4d21-b70b-a4a7fabc3c20/

Nuclei templates (1)

• projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2024/CVE-2024-6517.yaml

Security advisories

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d04bab9c-7cb4-4d21-b70b-a4a7fabc3c20

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry