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Kcaptcha <= 1.0.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Settings Update

Published Apr 22, 2026

Description

The Kcaptcha plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to and including 1.0.1. This is due to missing nonce validation in the plugin's settings page handler (admin/setting.php). The settings form does not include a wp_nonce_field() and the form processing code does not call wp_verify_nonce() or check_admin_referer() before saving settings to the database via $wpdb->update(). This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify the plugin's CAPTCHA settings (enabling or disabling CAPTCHA on login, registration, lost password, and comment forms) via a forged request, granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking a link.

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Remediation

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Weaknesses (1)

References (8)

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner Wordfence
Published Apr 22, 2026
Updated Apr 23, 2026
Reserved Mar 13, 2026
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated Apr 23, 2026
NVD
Status Deferred
Modified Jun 17, 2026
Red Hat
Severity n/a
Public date n/a
ENISA EUVD
Assigner Wordfence
Published Apr 22, 2026
Updated Apr 23, 2026
Exploited since n/a
EUVD-2026-24664