CVE-2025-24628 MEDIUM

CVE-2025-24628: WordPress reCaptcha by BestWebSoft Plugin <= 1.78 - Captcha Bypass vulnerability

Vendor Bestwebsoft

Product Google Captcha

Weakness CWE-290

Published January 27, 2025

Last update April 29, 2026

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CVSS base score

5.3/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required None

User interaction None

Confidentiality None

Integrity Low

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Authentication Bypass by Spoofing vulnerability in bestwebsoft Google Captcha google-captcha allows Identity Spoofing.This issue affects Google Captcha: from n/a through <= 1.78.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

The Google Captcha plugin for WordPress contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in versions up to 1.78. An attacker can manipulate captcha validation to bypass security checks without providing a valid captcha response. This allows unauthorized form submissions and account actions to proceed unchecked. Site owners should update immediately to a patched version.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Bypass captcha validation to submit forms or perform actions without solving the captcha challenge.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

Spam, unauthorized form submissions, and automated attacks can bypass your captcha protection on all affected forms.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Network access to the site; no authentication or user interaction required.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

January 27, 2025 CVE published

April 29, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-24628 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/290.html AskarLabs — CWE-290 write-up Authentication Bypass by Spoofing

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