Description
The Alobaidi Captcha plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin settings in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.
Problem types
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Product status
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Timeline
2025-05-14: | Discovered |
2025-08-14: | Disclosed |
Credits
Jonas Benjamin Friedli
References
www.wordfence.com/...-7de6-4ec9-af89-cd08c43d0aaa?source=cve
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/...i-captcha/trunk/login-form.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/...i-captcha/trunk/login-form.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/...i-captcha/trunk/login-form.php