What is CVE-2025-8280?

CVE-2025-8280 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Iambriansreed Contact_form_7_recaptcha, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.8/10. Published 2025-09-12.

How severe is CVE-2025-8280?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.8 out of 10.

XSS in Iambriansreed Contact_form_7_recaptcha

CVE-2025-8280

The Contact Form 7 reCAPTCHA WordPress plugin through 1.2.0 does not escape the $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] parameter before outputting it back in an attribute, which could lead to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting in old web browsers.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.002 (8.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

Iambriansreed Contact_form_7_recaptcha
Unknown Contact Form 7 Recaptcha — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

contact@wpscan.com (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-8280?: CVE-2025-8280 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Iambriansreed Contact_form_7_recaptcha, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.8/10. Published 2025-09-12.
How severe is CVE-2025-8280?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.8 out of 10.