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Description

The Login No Captcha reCAPTCHA plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the `$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']` superglobal in all versions up to, and including, 1.8.0. This is due to the `authenticate()` function storing the unsanitized output of `basename($_SERVER['PHP_SELF'])` in the `login_nocaptcha_error` WordPress option when a login attempt is made from a non-standard login page (e.g., xmlrpc.php). The `admin_notices()` function then echoes this stored value directly into the admin dashboard HTML without escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts that execute when an administrator with a whitelisted IP address visits the WordPress dashboard within 30 seconds of the attack.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-02-11 | Published 2026-05-28 | Updated 2026-05-28 | Assigner Wordfence




HIGH: 7.2CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Problem types

CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Product status

Default status
unaffected

Any version
affected

Timeline

2026-05-26:Vendor Notified
2026-05-27:Disclosed

Credits

ISMAILSHADOW finder

References

www.wordfence.com/...-2b47-41bf-8b20-b53fb9f061a7?source=cve

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/...tags/1.7.3/login-nocaptcha.php

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/...tags/1.7.3/login-nocaptcha.php

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/...tcha/trunk/login-nocaptcha.php

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/...tcha/trunk/login-nocaptcha.php

wordpress.org/plugins/login-recaptcha/

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/...ecaptcha&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=

cve.org (CVE-2026-2374)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2026-2374)

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