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CVE-2022-2187: The Contact Form 7 Captcha WordPress plugin before 0.1.2 does not escape the $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] parameter before outputting it back in an attribute, which could lead to Reflected Cross-Site Scrip

medium Affects contact-form-7-captcha (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28; published ; advisory modified .

The Contact Form 7 Captcha WordPress plugin before 0.1.2 does not escape the $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] parameter before outputting it back in an attribute, which could lead to Reflected Cross-Site Scrip

Package
contact-form-7-captcha (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions
<0.1.2
Fixed in
0.1.2
Severity
medium  CVSS 6.1
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 1% (73.9th percentile)
Published
2022-07-17
Source
nvd

References

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

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