The Contact Form 7 reCAPTCHA WordPress plugin through 1.2.0 does not escape the $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] parameter before outputting it back in an attribute, which could lead to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting in old web browsers.
History

Fri, 13 Feb 2026 16:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Contact Form 7 Captcha Project
Contact Form 7 Captcha Project contact Form 7 Captcha
Weaknesses CWE-79
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:contact_form_7_captcha_project:contact_form_7_captcha:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Vendors & Products Contact Form 7 Captcha Project
Contact Form 7 Captcha Project contact Form 7 Captcha

Mon, 15 Sep 2025 10:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress
Vendors & Products Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress

Fri, 12 Sep 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 12 Sep 2025 06:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description The Contact Form 7 reCAPTCHA WordPress plugin through 1.2.0 does not escape the $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] parameter before outputting it back in an attribute, which could lead to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting in old web browsers.
Title Contact Form 7 reCAPTCHA <= 1.2.0 - Reflected XSS via $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2025-09-12T16:22:30.609Z

Reserved: 2025-07-28T13:37:03.227Z

Link: CVE-2025-8280

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-09-12T16:11:01.981Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-09-12T06:15:43.660

Modified: 2026-02-13T15:54:12.670

Link: CVE-2025-8280

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-09-15T10:43:56Z