Vulnerability · CVE-2025-12094
The OOPSpam Anti-Spam: Spam Protection for WordPress Forms & Comments (No CAPTCHA) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to IP Header Spoofing in all versions up to, and including, 1.
Published Oct 31, 2025 · catalog updated Apr 8, 2026 · OOPSpam OOPSpam Anti-Spam: Spam Protection for WordPress Forms & Comments (No CAPTCHA)
Last checked Nov 2, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.
Check if you run it
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-12094. EPSS is 0.34%. Act only if a listed version of OOPSpam OOPSpam Anti-Spam: Spam Protection for WordPress Forms & Comments (No CAPTCHA) is installed.
Gaps on this record
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
- Severity
- Medium5.3
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 0.34%
- Remediation
- Vendor / distro source
- Affected products
- vendor OOPSpam OOPSpam Anti-Spam: Spam Protection for WordPress Forms & Comments (No CAPTCHA) 0 ≤1.2.53
The OOPSpam Anti-Spam: Spam Protection for WordPress Forms & Comments (No CAPTCHA) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to IP Header Spoofing in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.53. This is due to the plugin trusting client-controlled forwarded headers (such as CF-Connecting-IP, X-Forwarded-For, and others) without verifying that those headers originate from legitimate, trusted proxies. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to spoof their IP address and bypass IP-based security controls, including blocked IP lists and rate limiting protections, by sending arbitrary HTTP head
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- vendor OOPSpam OOPSpam Anti-Spam: Spam Protection for WordPress Forms & Comments (No CAPTCHA) 0 ≤1.2.530 ≤1.2.53
How to fix CVE-2025-12094
No stored fix
No vendor fix text is stored. Use the linked advisory before you change production.
Version check
Seen in 0 ≤1.2.53
Advisory
Open the cve_org record and follow its fix.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-12094. EPSS is 0.34%. Act only if a listed version of OOPSpam OOPSpam Anti-Spam: Spam Protection for WordPress Forms & Comments (No CAPTCHA) is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Compare what you have installed with OOPSpam OOPSpam Anti-Spam: Spam Protection for WordPress Forms & Comments (No CAPTCHA) 0 ≤1.2.53 0 ≤1.2.53. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.34%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Technology hubs
Code
The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Oct 31, 2025 · EUVD
Detected
The OOPSpam Anti-Spam: Spam Protection for WordPress Forms & Comments (No CAPTCHA) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to IP Header Spoofing in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.53. This is due to the plugin trusting client-controlled forwarded headers (such as CF-Connecting-IP, X-Forwarded-For, and others) without verifying that those headers originate from legitimate, trusted proxies. This m
Apr 8, 2026 · EUVD
Updated
The OOPSpam Anti-Spam: Spam Protection for WordPress Forms & Comments (No CAPTCHA) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to IP Header Spoofing in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.53. This is due to the plugin trusting client-controlled forwarded headers (such as CF-Connecting-IP, X-Forwarded-For, and others) without verifying that those headers originate from legitimate, trusted proxies. This m
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-12094
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-12094
30-day exploitation probability 0.34%
first.org - EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-37313
The OOPSpam Anti-Spam: Spam Protection for WordPress Forms & Comments (No CAPTCHA) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to IP Header Spoofing in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.53. This is due to the plugin trusting client-controlled forwarded headers (such as CF-Connecting-
euvd.enisa.europa.eu
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Nov 2, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.
- FIRST EPSSNov 2, 2026
- CVE.orgOct 24, 2026
- EUVDOct 23, 2026