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CVE-2019-7412

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2019-02-05 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The PS PHPCaptcha WP plugin before v1.2.0 for WordPress mishandles sanitization of input values.

Affected products

• Ps Phpcaptcha Wp Project Ps Phpcaptcha Wp: before 1.2.0 — fixed in 1.2.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Ps Phpcaptcha Wp Project Ps Phpcaptcha Wp 1.2.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://metamorfosec.com/Files/Advisories/METS-2019-003-Denial_of_Service_in_PS_PHPCaptcha_WP_before_v1.2.0.txt
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/ps-phpcaptcha/#developers
• https://metamorfosec.com/Files/Advisories/METS-2019-003-Denial_of_Service_in_PS_PHPCaptcha_WP_before_v1.2.0.txt
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/ps-phpcaptcha/#developers

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