Known vulnerabilities in Captcha Code

GDPR compatible captcha anti-spam protection for login form, comments form, registration form & lost password form. Eliminate spam with captcha.

2Reported vulnerabilities

8.8Highest CVSS score

3.32Latest version

100,000+Active installs

What to do now

Update Captcha Code to 3.0 or later. 2 of these have a fixed version available. Updating resolves them.

Plugin last updated: August 16, 2026 / Tested up to WordPress: 7.1 / View on wordpress.org

Reported vulnerabilities

Ordered by how urgently they need attention — whether a vulnerability is actually being exploited, and how likely exploitation is, rather than CVSS severity alone.

CVE	Severity	Exploit probability next 30 days	Affected versions	Fixed in	Published
CVE-2022-37411	High 8.8	0.4%	2.7 and earlier	`2.8`	September 9, 2022
CVE-2023-48745	Medium 5.3	0.4%	2.9 and earlier	`3.0`	November 24, 2023

Sources: vulnerability records from NVD, exploitation from CISA KEV, exploit probability from EPSS. Affected versions come from CPE ranges or from the reporting CNA.