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CVE-2021-24565: The Contact Form 7 Captcha WordPress plugin before 0.0.9 does not have any CSRF check in place when saving its settings, allowing attacker to make a logged in user with the manage_options change them.

high Affects contact-form-7-captcha (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.4, updated 2026-10-29; published ; advisory modified .

The Contact Form 7 Captcha WordPress plugin before 0.0.9 does not have any CSRF check in place when saving its settings, allowing attacker to make a logged in user with the manage_options change them.

Package
contact-form-7-captcha (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions
<0.0.9
Fixed in
0.0.9
Severity
high  CVSS 8.8
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 1% (53.8th percentile)
Published
2021-08-23
Source
nvd

References

CWE-352CWE-79
NVD recordcontact-form-7-captcha (WordPress plugin) advisories

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