Contact Form With Captcha <= 1.6.2 Cross-Site Request Forgery to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
Priority MEDIUM 41CWE-352Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Tampering
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-352.
Summary
The Contact Form With Captcha WordPress plugin is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery due to missing nonce validation in the ~/cfwc-form.php file during contact form submission, which made it possible for attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in versions up to, and including 1.6.2.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00625 50th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contact Form With Captcha | Contact Form With Captcha | 1.6.2 – 1.6.2 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Contact Form With Captcha VendorContact Form With Captcha Affected 1.6.2 – 1.6.2 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:contact_form_with_captcha_project:contact_form_with_captcha:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | up to 1.6.2 | Vulnerable | Contact Form With Captcha Project |
- cpe:2.3:a:contact_form_with_captcha_project:contact_form_with_captcha:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions up to 1.6.2 Vulnerable ·Contact Form With Captcha Project
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-42358
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-3286-68f5-pqwv
- 2026-11-03 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile
References
Sources
- CVE-2021-42358 · CVE Program
- CVE-2021-42358 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-3286-68f5-pqwv · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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