Captcha Plugin up to 1.0.60 on WordPress cross site scripting

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A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in Captcha Plugin up to 1.0.60 on WordPress. Impacted is an unknown function. The manipulation results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2025-53579. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Captcha Plugin up to 1.0.60 on WordPress. Affected is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. This is going to have an impact on integrity. CVE summarizes:

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in captcha.eu Captcha.eu allows Reflected XSS. This issue affects Captcha.eu: from n/a through n/a.

The weakness was shared by Nguyen Xuan Chien. The advisory is shared for download at patchstack.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-53579 since 07/03/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

Upgrading to version 1.0.61 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• WordPress Plugin

Name

• Captcha Plugin

Version

• 1.0.0
• 1.0.1
• 1.0.2
• 1.0.3
• 1.0.4
• 1.0.5
• 1.0.6
• 1.0.7
• 1.0.8
• 1.0.9
• 1.0.10
• 1.0.11
• 1.0.12
• 1.0.13
• 1.0.14
• 1.0.15
• 1.0.16
• 1.0.17
• 1.0.18
• 1.0.19
• 1.0.20
• 1.0.21
• 1.0.22
• 1.0.23
• 1.0.24
• 1.0.25
• 1.0.26
• 1.0.27
• 1.0.28
• 1.0.29
• 1.0.30
• 1.0.31
• 1.0.32
• 1.0.33
• 1.0.34
• 1.0.35
• 1.0.36
• 1.0.37
• 1.0.38
• 1.0.39
• 1.0.40
• 1.0.41
• 1.0.42
• 1.0.43
• 1.0.44
• 1.0.45
• 1.0.46
• 1.0.47
• 1.0.48
• 1.0.49
• 1.0.50
• 1.0.51
• 1.0.52
• 1.0.53
• 1.0.54
• 1.0.55
• 1.0.56
• 1.0.57
• 1.0.58
• 1.0.59
• 1.0.60

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