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CVE-2025-23972: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in Brian S. Reed Contact Form 7 reCAPTCHA

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Medium
VulnerabilityCVE-2025-23972cvecve-2025-23972
Published: 07/04/2025 (07/04/2025, 08:42:03 UTC)
Source: CVE Database V5
Vendor/Project: Brian S. Reed
Product: Contact Form 7 reCAPTCHA

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.

CVSS v3.1

Score 4.3medium

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Affected software

Affected versions
=0

AI-Powered Analysis

Machine-generated threat intelligence

AILast updated: 05/12/2026, 02:13:45 UTC

Technical Analysis

The Brian S. Reed Contact Form 7 reCAPTCHA plugin versions up to 1.2.0 contain a CSRF vulnerability (CVE-2025-23972). This vulnerability enables attackers to trick authenticated users into submitting unwanted requests to the application, potentially leading to unauthorized actions. The CVSS 3.1 vector indicates the attack can be performed remotely with low complexity and requires user interaction but no privileges. Confidentiality and availability impacts are not present, but integrity impact is low.

Potential Impact

The vulnerability allows an attacker to induce a user to perform unintended actions on the Contact Form 7 reCAPTCHA plugin, potentially altering plugin behavior or settings without the user's consent. The impact is limited to low integrity compromise and does not affect confidentiality or availability. There are no reports of active exploitation in the wild.

Mitigation Recommendations

Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Since no official patch or fix information is provided, users should monitor for updates from Brian S. Reed or the plugin maintainers. Until a fix is available, consider implementing CSRF protections at the application or server level if possible.

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Technical Details

Data Version
5.1
Assigner Short Name
Patchstack
Date Reserved
2025-01-16T11:33:14.049Z
Cvss Version
3.1
State
PUBLISHED

Threat ID: 686796cb6f40f0eb729fa545

Added to database: 07/04/2025, 08:54:35 UTC

Last enriched: 05/12/2026, 02:13:45 UTC

Last updated: 09/10/2026, 19:36:49 UTC

Views: 188

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