Jquery Validation For Contact Form 7 < 5.3 - Arbitrary Options Update via CSRF

published 2022-07-17 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-34429

cvss: 4.3; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.4%; EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 37%
public exploits: 0; none known

The Jquery Validation For Contact Form 7 WordPress plugin before 5.3 does not have CSRF check in place when updating its settings, which could allow attackers to make a logged in admin change Blog options like default_role, users_can_register via a CSRF attack

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

jquery_validation_for_contact_form_7_project jquery_validation_for_contact_form_7 5.3

Exploit prediction

0.43% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 37% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

wpscan.com https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/419054d4-95e8-4f4a-b864-a98b3e18435a referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	4.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
NVD	2.0	4.3	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected products

Unknown Jquery Validation For Contact Form 7

Classification

Weakness

CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery

Technology feeds

WordPress rss critical rss

References

wpscan.com /vulnerability/419054d4-95e8-4f4a-b864-a98b3e18435a
exploit, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2022-2144
NVD CVE-2022-2144

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Summary