CVE-2022-1801
HIGHDescription
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.
How to fix
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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
Impact
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Exploit Intelligence
Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 66% of all known CVEs.
References
Related Vulnerabilities
Other CWE-804 vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all
| CVE | Severity | CVSS | EPSS | Exploited | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2023-6963 | Medium | 5.3 | 0.5% | - | Fix |
| CVE-2024-30540 | Medium | 5.3 | 0.5% | - | - |
| CVE-2025-8546 | Medium | 5.3 | 0.5% | - | - |
| CVE-2025-10423 | Low | 3.7 | 0.5% | - | - |
| CVE-2022-4036 | Medium | 5.3 | 0.4% | - | - |
| CVE-2024-31295 | Medium | 5.3 | 0.4% | - | - |
Common questions
How do I fix CVE-2022-1801?
Upgrade very simple contact form to 11.6 or later.
Is CVE-2022-1801 being actively exploited?
Not that we know of. CVE-2022-1801 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 1.2% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 66% of all scored CVEs.
How severe is CVE-2022-1801?
CVE-2022-1801 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5, rated high. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.
What does CVE-2022-1801 affect?
Published advisories record a fix for very simple contact form (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.
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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.