Auth bypass in Very Simple Contact Form Project
CVE-2022-1801
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.
EPSS: 0.012 (67.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.
Affected products
- Very_simple_contact_form_project Very_simple_contact_form
- Unknown Very Simple Contact Form — versions 11.6
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- contact@wpscan.com (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-1801?
- CVE-2022-1801 is a high-severity vulnerability in Very Simple Contact Form Project, classified under CWE-804. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-06-20.
- How severe is CVE-2022-1801?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2022-1801 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.