WordPress Contact Form 7 reCAPTCHA plugin <= 1.2.0 - Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Vulnerability

4.3 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Brian S. Reed Contact Form 7 reCAPTCHA contact-form-7-recaptcha allows Cross Site Request Forgery.This issue affects Contact Form 7 reCAPTCHA: from n/a through <= 1.2.0.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

Peter Thaleikis | Patchstack Bug Bounty Program

References

https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/contact-form-7-recaptcha/vulnerability/wordpress-contact-form-7-recaptcha-plugin-1-2-0-cross-site-request-forgery-csrf-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Affected Vendor

Brian S. Reed

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Affected Software

Contact Form 7 reCAPTCHA

Vulnerable Versions:

Timeline

Official Publish: July 4th, 2025

Last Modified: May 12th, 2026

Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-352

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1566.002 Spearphishing Link

Initial Access

T1204.001 Malicious Link

Execution

T1098 Account Manipulation

Persistence

T1565.001 Stored Data Manipulation

Impact