{"cve":"CVE-2021-24565","nvd":{"published":"2021-08-23T12:15:10.303","modified":"2026-06-17T03:40:14.980","status":"Modified","description":"The Contact Form 7 Captcha WordPress plugin before 0.0.9 does not have any CSRF check in place when saving its settings, allowing attacker to make a logged in user with the manage_options change them. Furthermore, the settings are not escaped when output in attributes, leading to a Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":8.8},"cwes":["CWE-79","CWE-352"],"references":["https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2570402","https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/97bfef5e-2ee0-491a-a931-4f44c83e5be0","https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2570402","https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/97bfef5e-2ee0-491a-a931-4f44c83e5be0"],"products":["contact_form_7_captcha_project:contact_form_7_captcha"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:21:57.125947417+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2021-24565","score":0.00719,"percentile":0.53917,"date":"2026-11-01"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}