CVE-2025-8280

Contact Form 7 reCAPTCHA <= 1.2.0 - Reflected XSS via $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']

Published Sep 12, 2025 CVSS 3.1 · 5.8 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-29023 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
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Iambriansreed
Iambriansreed contact Form 7 Recaptcha
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:contact_form_7_captcha_project:contact_form_7_captcha:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* cpe:2.3:a:iambriansreed:contact_form_7_recaptcha:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Vendors & Products Contact Form 7 Captcha Project
Contact Form 7 Captcha Project contact Form 7 Captcha
Iambriansreed
Iambriansreed contact Form 7 Recaptcha
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
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress
Vendors & Products Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress
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'}

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
Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
WPScan
Published
Updated
Sep 12, 2025, 4:22 PM
Reserved
Jul 28, 2025, 1:37 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Sep 12, 2025, 6:15 AM
Modified
Sep 30, 2026, 11:10 PM