WordPress plugin
Advanced Google reCaptcha <= 1.27 — Built-in Math CAPTCHA Bypass
CVE-2025-1262Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤1.27Update to 1.28 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
On this page8
Am I affected?
Advanced Google reCAPTCHA advanced-google-recaptcha
- Affected≤ 1.27
- Patched in1.28
Update to 1.28 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 1.27. Version 1.28 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Advanced Google reCAPTCHA.
- 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 1.28, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Advanced Google reCAPTCHA to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Max Boll (_b0lli).
The Advanced Google reCaptcha plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to CAPTCHA Bypass in versions up to, and including, 1.27 . This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to bypass the Built-in Math Captcha Verification.
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
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|---|---|---|---|
| Medium5.3 | Unauthenticated Login Protection Bypass ≤5.40Update to 5.41 | CVE-2026-100518 | |
| High8.8 | Authenticated (Subscriber+) Authentication Bypass via Temporary Login Link ≤5.38Update to 5.39 | CVE-2026-5415 | |
| High8.8 | Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Upload ≤5.38Update to 5.39 | CVE-2026-5411 | |
| Medium5.3 | Authenticated (Subscriber+) Limited SQL Injection via 'sSearch' Parameter ≤1.29Update to 1.30 | CVE-2025-2074 | |
| Medium5.3 | Brute Force Protection IP Unblock ≤1.25Update to 1.26 | CVE-2024-12034 |
- Medium5.3Unauthenticated Login Protection Bypass
≤5.40Update to 5.41
- High8.8Authenticated (Subscriber+) Authentication Bypass via Temporary Login Link
≤5.38Update to 5.39
- High8.8Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Upload
≤5.38Update to 5.39
- Medium5.3Authenticated (Subscriber+) Limited SQL Injection via 'sSearch' Parameter
≤1.29Update to 1.30
- Medium5.3Brute Force Protection IP Unblock
≤1.25Update to 1.26
Timeline
CVE published
Severity medium, CVSS 5.3
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
- CVE® identifiers
- Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. 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.