CVE-2025-8280

MEDIUM

Contact Form 7 reCAPTCHA < 1.2.0 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via REQUEST_URI Parameter

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory exploit vdb-entry technical-description
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/f8370026-6293-4814-961f-c254ee8e844d/

Scores

CVSS v3 5.8
EPSS 0.0019
EPSS Percentile 8.6%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation poc
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-79
Status published
Products (2)
contact_form_7_captcha_project/contact_form_7_captcha < 1.2.0
iambriansreed/contact_form_7_recaptcha < 1.2.0
Published Sep 12, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026