Captcha 4.3.6 - 4.4.4 - Plugin Backdoor

Hidden Functionality
CVE Not available
CVSS Critical (9.6)
Publicly Published December 19, 2017
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Matt Barry
Description

The Captcha plugin for WordPress contained a backdoor that injected SEO spam into unsuspecting users WordPress sites in version 4.3.6 to 4.4.4.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug captcha (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • 4.3.6 - 4.4.4
Patched Version
  • 4.4.5
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