WP-reCAPTCHA <= 2.9.8.2 - Multiple Cross-Site Request Forgery

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
CVE CVE-2011-0759
CVSS High (8.8)
Publicly Published March 17, 2011
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Check Point Vulnerability Discovery Team, Gabriel Quadros
Description

Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in the configuration page in the Recaptcha (aka WP-reCAPTCHA) plugin 2.9.8.2 for WordPress allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that disable the CAPTCHA requirement or insert cross-site scripting (XSS) sequences via the (1) recaptcha_opt_pubkey, (2) recaptcha_opt_privkey, (3) re_tabindex, (4) error_blank, (5) error_incorrect, (6) mailhide_pub, (7) mailhide_priv, (8) mh_replace_link, or (9) mh_replace_title parameter.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wp-recaptcha (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.9.8.2
Patched Version
  • 3.0
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