Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Contact Form 7 reCAPTCHA (WordPress plugin) (CVE-2025-8280)
Summary
Cross-site scripting in Contact Form 7 reCAPTCHA (WordPress plugin) (CVE-2025-8280). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
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.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-8280 has been found in Contact Form 7 reCAPTCHA (WordPress plugin).
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 5.8/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Contact Form 7 reCAPTCHA (WordPress plugin) CVE-2025-8280" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2025-8280 (Contact Form 7 reCAPTCHA (WordPress plugin)) — CWE-79 / CVSS v3 5.8
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
Cross-site scripting (XSS) (CWE-79) exists in Contact Form 7 reCAPTCHA (WordPress plugin).
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Contact Form 7 reCAPTCHA (WordPress plugin).
Severity: Medium (CVSS 5.8/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで Contact Form 7 reCAPTCHA (WordPress plugin) を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
References
- exploit contact@wpscan.com