Is CVE-2022-1801 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2022-1801 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2022-1801?

CVE-2022-1801 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2022-1801?

CVE-2022-1801 has an EPSS score of 1.16% (63th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2022-1801?

Upgrade very simple contact form to 11.6 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2022-1801

HIGH

7.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

The Very Simple Contact Form WordPress plugin before 11.6 exposes the solution to the captcha in the rendered contact form, both as hidden input fields and as plain text in the page, making it very easy for bots to bypass the captcha check, rendering the page a likely target for spam bots.

CWE-804 CWE-287Improper Authentication

How to fix

Remediation Available

very simple contact formNVD

Affected:< 11.6Fixed in:11.6CVE-2022-1801derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

1.16%probability of exploitation in 30 days

63rdpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 63% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

wpscan.com

Embed a live status badge for CVE-2022-1801

Markdown

[![CVE-2022-1801](https://tridentstack.com/cve/badge/CVE-2022-1801.svg)](https://tridentstack.com/cve/CVE-2022-1801)

HTML

<a href="https://tridentstack.com/cve/CVE-2022-1801"><img src="https://tridentstack.com/cve/badge/CVE-2022-1801.svg" alt="CVE-2022-1801"></a>

Find and fix vulnerabilities across your fleet

TridentStack Control continuously scans your Windows, macOS, and Linux fleet for known vulnerabilities, prioritizes them by severity and active exploitation, and patches them automatically.

Start free

This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.