CVE-2024-30540 WordPress VS Contact Form plugin <= 14.7 - Sum Captcha Bypass vulnerability
Medium 5.3
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-30540 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2024-30540 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Guido VS Contact Form, published on 17 May 2024. 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-2024-30540 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Guido VS Contact Form. 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-2024-30540/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-30540/index.md)
Attackers can bypass CAPTCHA protection in the VS Contact Form plugin due to guessable codes, allowing automated spam submissions.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-30540?
CVE-2024-30540 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Guido VS Contact Form, published on 17 May 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Guessable CAPTCHA vulnerability in Guido VS Contact Form allows Functionality Bypass.This issue affects VS Contact Form: from n/a through 14.7.
Weakness: CWE-804
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-30540?
How do I fix CVE-2024-30540?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-30540 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-30540 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-30540 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-rcwh-cv92-f282.