VDB-314856 · CVE-2025-23972 · GCVE-0-2025-23972

Brian S. Reed Contact Form 7 reCAPTCHA Plugin up to 1.2.0 on WordPress cross-site request forgery

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in Brian S. Reed Contact Form 7 reCAPTCHA Plugin up to 1.2.0 on WordPress. This vulnerability affects unknown code. The manipulation results in cross-site request forgery. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2025-23972. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Brian S. Reed Contact Form 7 reCAPTCHA Plugin up to 1.2.0 on WordPress. Affected is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross-site request forgery vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-352. The web application does not, or can not, sufficiently verify whether a well-formed, valid, consistent request was intentionally provided by the user who submitted the request. This is going to have an impact on integrity. CVE summarizes:

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

The weakness was released by Peter Thaleikis. The advisory is shared for download at patchstack.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-23972 since 01/16/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Productinfo

Type

WordPress Plugin

Vendor

Brian S. Reed

Name

Contact Form 7 reCAPTCHA Plugin

Version

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.2

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.2
VulDB Vector: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CNA Base Score: 4.3
CNA Vector (Patchstack): 🔒

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross-site request forgery
CWE: CWE-352 / CWE-862 / CWE-863
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ATT&CK: 🔒

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔒

Timelineinfo

01/16/2025 CVE reserved
07/04/2025 +168 days Advisory disclosed
07/04/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
07/04/2025 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: patchstack.com
Researcher: Peter Thaleikis
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2025-23972 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-23972
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-314856

Entryinfo

Created: 07/04/2025 13:23
Updated: 07/04/2025 13:34
Changes: 07/04/2025 13:23 (64), 07/04/2025 13:34 (1)
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