WordPress WP Captcha plugin <= 2.0.0 - Captcha Bypass vulnerability

published 2024-06-04 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-48594

cvss: 5.3; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.5%; EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 43%
public exploits: 0; none known

Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts vulnerability in Devnath verma WP Captcha allows Functionality Bypass.This issue affects WP Captcha: from n/a through 2.0.0.

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-06-04)

Exploit prediction

0.51% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 43% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	5.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Affected products

Devnath verma WP Captcha
devnath_verma wp_captcha

Classification

Weakness

CWE-307 Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts

Technology feeds

WordPress rss critical rss

References

patchstack.com /database/vulnerability/wp-captcha/wordpress-wp-captcha-plugin-2-0-0-captcha-bypass-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
vdb-entry

Sources

CVE List CVE-2023-44235
NVD CVE-2023-44235

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Summary