# CVE-2014-2265: Security feature bypass in n/a

> Remote attackers can bypass CAPTCHA protection in Contact Form 7 by omitting a specific parameter, allowing arbitrary form submissions.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 14 Mar 2014
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-vp6f-3h5q-wv8h

## What is CVE-2014-2265?

CVE-2014-2265 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 14 Mar 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Rock Lobster Contact Form 7 before 3.7.2 allows remote attackers to bypass the CAPTCHA protection mechanism and submit arbitrary form data by omitting the _wpcf7_captcha_challenge_captcha-719 parameter.

Weakness: CWE-264

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-2265?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Rocklobster Contact Form 7.

## How do I fix CVE-2014-2265?

No fix has been published for CVE-2014-2265 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2014-2265 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-2265 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2020-35489](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-35489/): File upload in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2018-20979](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-20979/): Privilege escalation in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-24159](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24159/): Contact Form 7 Style <= 3.1.9 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Stored Cross-Site Scripting (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2023-6449](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-6449/): Contact Form 7 <= 5.8.3 - Authenticated (Editor+) Arbitrary File Upload (medium 6.6)
- [CVE-2024-4704](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-4704/): Contact Form 7 < 5.9.5 - Unauthenticated Open Redirect (medium 6.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2014-2265 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2014-2265 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 14 Mar 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-2265 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-2265/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-2265/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-2265
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-2265
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2014-2265

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-2265/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.