CVE
Image CAPTCHA for Contact Form 7 and WPForms by HookAndHook CAPTCHA bypass via hardcoded answer in verification
- Exploited
- No known exploitation
- Fix
- No fix listed
- Who is exposed
- Not reported
- Last modified
- Whether it needs action now or is a reference record, by fixed rules, with why. Last checked is when cve.now last re-read it.What do these mean? →
- Reference
- Last checked
- FIRST's estimate of the chance attackers exploit it in the next 30 days, updated daily.What do these mean? →
- 0.24% · 15th percentile
- A 0-100 score for how much a CVE matters across the industry: exploitation, exposure, how widely the software is used, severity and whether a fix exists.What do these mean? →
- 29/100 · provisional
- Whether working attack code is public (Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or GitHub). Public code makes attacks easier.What do these mean? →
- None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
Summary
Image CAPTCHA for Contact Form 7 and WPForms by HookAndHook is affected. Remote attackers, without logging in, can defeat its CAPTCHA by submitting a fixed hardcoded answer, which lets automated tools pass the check on protected forms and send contact-form spam.
Written by anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5 from the sources below. Verify against them.
Read the original description
Image CAPTCHA for Contact Form 7 and WPForms through 3.3.29 contains a CAPTCHA bypass vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to defeat the anti-automation control by exploiting a hardcoded static answer in the Contact Form 7 integration. Attackers can submit kc_captcha=kc_human to pass validation in cf7ic_check_if_spam() on every protected form, enabling automated contact-form spam and abuse of actions gated only by this CAPTCHA.
cve.now Index
- Exploitation?/40Unknown. No CISA SSVC exploitation rating yet
- Exposure17/25No login or user action needed per the CVSS vector, reachable over the network without a login · Unknown: No advisory context yet
- Reach?/20Unknown. No tracked technology or package matched
- Severity6.9/10CVSS 6.9
- No patch5/5No patch listed yet
What would change the score
- Would score about 74 if added to CISA KEV
- Would score about 69 if CISA's SSVC rates exploitation active
- Would score about 34 if advisories confirm default setups are exposed
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What cve.now has for CVE-2026-127206 (entry last updated 2026-11-12):
Affected:
- hookandhook Image CAPTCHA for Contact Form 7 and WPForms by HookAndHook (DSGVO/GDPR): through 3.3.29
Fixed versions: none listed yet.
Setup: unknown whether the bug needs a non-default feature or setting. Check the advisory.
CISA KEV: CVE-2026-127206 is not listed as of cve.now's last read.
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Verify against the linked advisories before concluding, and cite the date you read each one:
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7-image-captcha/
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/image-captcha-for-contact-form-7-and-wpforms-captcha-bypass
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Entry: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-127206
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- CVE published
- First seen by cve.now
Affected versions
- hookandhook Image CAPTCHA for Contact Form 7 and WPForms by HookAndHook (DSGVO/GDPR)
through 3.3.29
Evidence 5
CVE record · 2
Establishes: The identifier and description.
- Record
- Record
Public exploit code · 1
Establishes: Public exploit code exists (Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei and GitHub).
- Exploit
Corrections
None so far.
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Questions about CVE-2026-127206
Is CVE-2026-127206 being exploited?
It is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, and CISA's SSVC assessment does not mark exploitation as active. That does not mean it has not been attacked: vendors and researchers can report attacks before CISA lists them. No public exploit code is tracked.Source: cve.now feed data
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-127206?
Image CAPTCHA for Contact Form 7 and WPForms by HookAndHook (DSGVO/GDPR): through 3.3.29.Source: cve.now feed data