WordPress reCaptcha by BestWebSoft Plugin <= 1.78 - Captcha Bypass vulnerability

published 2025-01-27 21 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2025-3829

cvss: 5.3; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.4%; EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 29%
public exploits: 0; none known

Authentication Bypass by Spoofing vulnerability in bestwebsoft Google Captcha google-captcha allows Identity Spoofing.This issue affects Google Captcha: from n/a through <= 1.78.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

bestwebsoft Google Captcha 1.79

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 21 mo ago (2025-01-27)

Exploit prediction

0.35% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 29% 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:N/I:L/A:N

Affected products

bestwebsoft Google Captcha

Classification

Weakness

CWE-290 Authentication Bypass by Spoofing

Technology feeds

WordPress rss critical rss

References

patchstack.com /database/Wordpress/Plugin/google-captcha/vulnerability/wordpress-recaptcha-by-bestwebsoft-plugin-1-78-captcha
vdb-entry

Sources

CVE List CVE-2025-24628
NVD CVE-2025-24628

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Summary