CVE-2025-1262

Advanced Google reCaptcha <= 1.27 - Built-in Math CAPTCHA Bypass

2025-02-24 00:00

Strategic Overview

Status: Patched in 1.28
Affected Plugin: Advanced Google reCAPTCHA
Affected Version: <= 1.27
CVSS: 5.3Medium
Weakness type: CWE-804 · Guessable CAPTCHA
CVE: CVE-2025-1262

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At a glance

CVE-2025-1262 is a medium-severity Guessable CAPTCHA vulnerability in the Advanced Google reCAPTCHA WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 1.27. It carries a CVSS score of 5.3 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires no authentication. The issue is fixed in version 1.28; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed February 2025, reported by Max Boll (_b0lli).

Vulnerability Overview

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.

Technical Analysis

The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no privileges on the target site, and no interaction from a victim user.

CWE-804: Guessable CAPTCHA

The product uses a CAPTCHA challenge, but the challenge can be guessed or automatically recognized by a non-human actor.

Remediation

Update to version 1.28, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

Because it turns on account access, WordSec's login security is the relevant layer: role-based two-factor, captcha and brute-force limits raise the cost of getting the account this needs. None of that substitutes for the fix: Advanced Google reCAPTCHA 1.28 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

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External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-1262 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d553aab2-d441-46d6-9c01-5dcfdc48674f https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-1262

Related records

Other vulnerabilities in Advanced Google reCAPTCHA

CVSS Vector

5.3

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone

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