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CVE-2025-1262: Advanced Google reCaptcha <= 1.27 - Built-in Math CAPTCHA Bypass

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-02-25 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-804

Description

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.

Affected products

• webfactory Advanced Google reCAPTCHA: before 1.2.8 — fixed in 1.2.8

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: webfactory Advanced Google reCAPTCHA 1.2.8. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3244677/advanced-google-recaptcha
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d553aab2-d441-46d6-9c01-5dcfdc48674f?source=cve

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