Exploitation Summary
CVE-2024-6517 has a Nuclei detection template available — see the Nuclei card below for the Shodan/FOFA recon queries.
Description
The Contact Form 7 Math Captcha WordPress plugin through 2.0.1 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users.
Nuclei Templates (1)
Contact Form 7 Math Captcha <= 2.0.1 - Cross-site Scripting
MEDIUMVERIFIEDby s4e-io
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory exploit
vdb-entry
technical-description
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d04bab9c-7cb4-4d21-b70b-a4a7fabc3c20/
Scores
CVSS v3
6.1
EPSS
0.0065
EPSS Percentile
46.1%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
poc
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-79
Status
published
Products (1)
dotsquares/contact_form_7_math_captcha
< 2.0.1
Published
Sep 26, 2024
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026