Rock Lobster Contact Form 7 before 3.7.2 allows remote attackers to bypass the CAPTCHA…
Priority LOW 28CWE-264Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Partial · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-264.
Summary
Rock Lobster Contact Form 7 before 3.7.2 allows remote attackers to bypass the CAPTCHA protection mechanism and submit arbitrary form data by omitting the _wpcf7_captcha_challenge_captcha-719 parameter.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.03056 87th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 4
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:rocklobster:contact_form_7:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | up to 3.7.1 | Vulnerable | rocklobsterinc |
| cpe:2.3:a:rocklobster:contact_form_7:3.6:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | 3.6 | Vulnerable | rocklobsterinc |
| cpe:2.3:a:rocklobster:contact_form_7:3.7:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | 3.7 | Vulnerable | rocklobsterinc |
| cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | not specified by NVD | Running on | WordPress |
- cpe:2.3:a:rocklobster:contact_form_7:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions up to 3.7.1 Vulnerable ·rocklobsterinc
- cpe:2.3:a:rocklobster:contact_form_7:3.6:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions 3.6 Vulnerable ·rocklobsterinc
- cpe:2.3:a:rocklobster:contact_form_7:3.7:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions 3.7 Vulnerable ·rocklobsterinc
- cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·WordPress
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2014-2265
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vp6f-3h5q-wv8h
References
Other 4
- http://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7/changelog
- http://web.archive.org/web/20140727133642/http://www.hedgehogsecurity.co.uk/2014/02/26/contactform7-vulnerability/
- https://www.acunetix.com/vulnerabilities/web/wordpress-plugin-contact-form-7-security-bypass-3-7-1/
- https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2014-2265/
More rocklobsterinc Contact Form 7 vulnerabilities
- TI-2020-18011 The contact-form-7 (aka Contact Form 7) plugin before 5.3.2 for WordPress allows… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2024-04377 Contact Form 7 < 5.9.5 - Unauthenticated Open Redirect CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
- TI-2018-14941 The contact-form-7 plugin before 5.0.4 for WordPress has privilege escalation because of… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2021-06451 Contact Form 7 Style <= 3.1.9 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Stored Cross-Site Scripting CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2023-05917 Contact Form 7 <= 5.8.3 - Authenticated (Editor+) Arbitrary File Upload CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
- TI-2025-02844 Contact Form 7 <= 6.0.5 - Order Replay Vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
Sources
- CVE-2014-2265 · CVE Program
- CVE-2014-2265 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-vp6f-3h5q-wv8h · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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