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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 ea

high Affects very-simple-contact-form (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28; published ; advisory modified .

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 ea

Package
very-simple-contact-form (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions
<11.6
Fixed in
11.6
Severity
high  CVSS 7.5
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 1% (69.1th percentile)
Published
2022-06-20
Source
nvd

References

CWE-287CWE-804
NVD recordvery-simple-contact-form (WordPress plugin) advisories

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