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Contact Form 7 Captcha

Plugin description

Contact Form 7 Captcha adds CAPTCHA fields to Contact Form 7 forms.

Contact Form 7 Captcha (contact-form-7-captcha) is a WordPress plugin with 3 published CVE records in this archive. The latest tracked vulnerability was published Sep 09, 2026; the highest published CVSS base score is 8.8.

Plugin slug: contact-form-7-captcha

Latest vulnerability

CVE-2026-85117: Contact Form 7 Captcha executes shortcodes supplied in form values

Contact Form 7 Captcha versions 0.1.7 to before 0.1.9 run the shortcode parser over the complete rendered form, including visitor-submitted field values. Unauthenticated users can execute any shortcode registered on the site; the practical effects depend on the available shortcode handlers.

PublishedSep 09, 2026

Known safe version0.1.9

Published vulnerabilities for contact-form-7-captcha
		Safe version
Sep 09, 2026	CVE-2026-85117 Contact Form 7 Captcha executes shortcodes supplied in form values Contact Form 7 Captcha versions 0.1.7 to before 0.1.9 run the shortcode parser over the complete rendered form, including visitor-submitted field values. Unauthenticated users can execute any shortcode registered on the site; the practical effects depend on the available shortcode handlers.	0.1.9	CVE6.5 NVDPending
Jul 17, 2022	CVE-2022-2187 Contact Form 7 Captcha: Cross-site scripting Contact Form 7 Captcha is affected by cross-site scripting. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. Injected script can execute in the affected site's origin when the vulnerable output is viewed.	See mitigation notes	CVEPending NVD6.1
Aug 23, 2021	CVE-2021-24565 Contact Form 7 Captcha: Cross-site scripting Contact Form 7 Captcha is affected by cross-site scripting. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. Injected script can execute in the affected site's origin when the vulnerable output is viewed.	See mitigation notes	CVEPending NVD8.8

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