Very Simple Contact Form <= 11.5 - Captcha Bypass

7.2
Guessable CAPTCHA
CVE CVE-2022-1801
CVSS 7.2 (High)
Publicly Published May 22, 2022
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Sebastian Cruz Cardona

Description

The plugin Very Simple Contact Form in versions up to and including 11.4 uses a captcha that can be bypassed by bots. Version 11.5 removes the captcha code leaving the contact form vulnerable.

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Vulnerability Details for VS Contact Form

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug very-simple-contact-form (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 11.6, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 11.5
Patched Version
  • 11.6

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