Plugins · advanced-nocaptcha-recaptcha · data as of 2026-11-04
Is CAPTCHA 4WP safe? Known vulnerabilities and latest version
- Latest version
- 7.6.2
- Last updated
- 2026-08-25
- Active installs
- 100,000+
- Known issues on record
- 2
- Unpatched in latest
- 0
- Tested up to WP
- 7.1.4 · PHP 7.4+
Use CAPTCHA to stop spam and allow customers & users to interact with your website easily. Block fake accounts and orders. Avoid false positives. — by WPKube
What to do
- Update to the latest version (7.6.2). Anything older than 7.6.1 has at least one known issue listed below. Dashboard → Updates, or Plugins → “update now”.
- If you cannot update right away, deactivate it until you can.
- Turn on auto-updates for it: Plugins → “Enable auto-updates” on its row.
- If you ran a vulnerable version and something looks off (spam pages, strange admins, redirects), run the free scan.
With WP-CLI: wp plugin get advanced-nocaptcha-recaptcha --field=version shows what you run; wp plugin update advanced-nocaptcha-recaptcha updates it.
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Known vulnerabilities
2 on record, newest first. “Affected” is the version range the source gives; “fixed in” is the version the source names, or (marked *) the first wordpress.org release after the last affected version.
medium 5.3 CVE-2026-32469 · published 2026-08-06
Security issue in CAPTCHA 4WP (7.6.0 and older)
- Affected
- 7.6.0 and older
- Fixed in
- 7.6.1 *
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- No login needed
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Patchstack
Details from the advisory
Unauthenticated Bypass Vulnerability in CAPTCHA 4WP <= 7.6.0 versions.
high 8.8 CVE-2022-2184 · published 2022-08-01
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) in CAPTCHA 4WP (older than 7.1.0)
- Affected
- older than 7.1.0
- Fixed in
- 7.1.0
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- No login needed; someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
- Range from
- advisory text · score by NVD
Details from the advisory
The CAPTCHA 4WP WordPress plugin before 7.1.0 lets user input reach a sensitive require_once call in one of its admin-side templates. This can be abused by attackers, via a Cross-Site Request Forgery attack to run arbitrary code on the server.
Recent activity
- 2026-08-25 — latest release on wordpress.org (7.6.2).
- 2026-08-06 — Security issue disclosed (CVE-2026-32469), fixed in 7.6.1.
- 2022-08-01 — Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) disclosed (CVE-2022-2184), fixed in 7.1.0.
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Browse vulnerabilities
- Published this week
- Unpatched in the latest version
- By type of vulnerability
- Plugins by WPKube (2 tracked)
Types found in this plugin: Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) (1)
Where this data comes from
- Version, last update, installs: wordpress.org/plugins/advanced-nocaptcha-recaptcha (Plugins API), fetched 2026-11-04.
- Vulnerabilities: NIST National Vulnerability Database (NVD), checked 2026-11-04. This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- Each record links to its CVE page and to the original advisory (Wordfence, Patchstack or WPScan) where there is one. We only list a CVE here when its references or its advisory name this exact plugin, so a few real issues may be missing; none should be about a different plugin. Spot an error? Email Daniel.
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