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Medium 5.3Published Oct 6, 2026
CVE-2026-100518WordPress Advanced Google reCAPTCHA plugin <= 5.40 - Broken Authentication vulnerability
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Unauthenticated Broken Authentication in Advanced Google reCAPTCHA <= 5.40 versions.
- CVSS
- 5.3 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-288
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Patchstack
- NVD analysis
- Deferred
- Record last updated
- Oct 6, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
WebFactory Advanced Google reCAPTCHA webfactory:advanced_google_recaptcha (from the name) | from n/a through 5.40; fixed at 5.41 | CNA record |
References
- https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/advanced-google-recaptcha/vulnerability/wordpress-advanced-google-recaptcha-plugin-5-40-broken-authentication-vulnerability?_s_id=cvevdb-entry
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