WordPress plugin
reCaptcha by BestWebSoft <= 1.12 — CAPTCHA Bypass
CVE-2015-0890Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: <1.13Update to 1.13 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Medium5.3
- CVSS
- 5.3CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:NWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:NPrivileges required- None
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:NConfidentiality- None
I:LIntegrity- Low
A:NAvailability- None
- Weakness
- CWE-804 Guessable CAPTCHA
- Required access
- No account needed
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
reCaptcha by BestWebSoft google-captcha
- Affected< 1.13
- Patched in1.13
Update to 1.13 or newer.
You are affected if you run < 1.13. Version 1.13 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under reCaptcha by BestWebSoft.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
- No account is needed to exploit this. Treat any exposed site on an affected version as at risk.
What to do
- Update to version 1.13, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch reCaptcha by BestWebSoft to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence.
The BestWebSoft Google Captcha (aka reCAPTCHA) plugin before 1.13 for WordPress allows remote attackers to bypass the CAPTCHA protection mechanism and obtain administrative access via unspecified vectors.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
Related CVEs
More in reCaptcha by BestWebSoft
All 3| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium5.3 | CAPTCHA Bypass ≤1.78Update to 1.79 | CVE-2025-24628 | |
| Medium6.1 | Reflected Cross-Site Scripting <1.28Update to 1.28 | — |
- Medium5.3CAPTCHA Bypass
≤1.78Update to 1.79
- Medium6.1Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
<1.28Update to 1.28
Timeline
CVE published
Severity medium, CVSS 5.3
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. [object Object] Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
- CVE® identifiers
- [object Object]. Used under the CVE Program. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.
- CVSS / CWE
- National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- VulnCrest content
- Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.