Captcha <= 3.8.1 - Captcha Bypass

5.3
Guessable CAPTCHA
CVSS 5.3 (Medium)
Publicly Published August 1, 2014
Last Updated February 3, 2023
Researcher cervoise

Description

The Captcha plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to captcha bypass in versions up to, and including, 3.8.1.

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Vulnerability Details for Captcha

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug captcha (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 3.8.2, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 3.8.1
Patched Version
  • 3.8.2

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