Captcha CodeWordPress extension · Captcha Code Project
CVE-2022-37411
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedCross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Vinoj Cardoza's Captcha Code plugin <= 2.7 at WordPress.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceCross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability exists in the Captcha Code WordPress plugin versions 2.7 and below, allowing an attacker to trick an authenticated administrator into unknowingly submitting malicious requests to the vulnerable plugin.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
Captcha CodeWordPress extension
<= 2.7CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Locate the Captcha Code plugin installationCheck your WordPress plugins directory (typically /wp-content/plugins/) for a folder named 'captcha-code' or similar variant containing 'captcha' and 'code' in the nameAffected if The plugin folder does not exist - you are not affected
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Identify the installed plugin versionOpen the main plugin PHP file (usually captcha-code.php) and locate the 'Version' field in the plugin header comment, or view the plugin in WordPress admin under Plugins > Installed PluginsAffected if You cannot determine the version - treat as potentially affected
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Compare your version to the affected rangeCheck if the installed version is 2.7 or any version lower than 2.7Affected if Your version is 2.7 or lower - you are affected by this CVE
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Verify admin authentication requirementThis CSRF vulnerability requires an authenticated administrator to be tricked into submitting a malicious request - confirm if any administrator accounts exist on your WordPress siteAffected if No administrator accounts exist - the attack vector is not applicable but the vulnerable code is still present
If the Captcha Code plugin is installed with version 2.7 or below, your environment is affected by this CSRF vulnerability regardless of whether exploitation has occurred.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
dbcve · scopedUpdate the Captcha Code plugin to the latest version. If no update is available, remove the plugin. Additionally, implement WordPress nonces on all state-changing actions to prevent CSRF attacks.
Version 2.8 or later
- Navigate to the WordPress admin dashboard
- Go to Plugins > Installed Plugins
- Find the Captcha Code plugin
- Check if an update is available and update to the latest version, or manually download version 2.8 from the WordPress plugin repository
- Verify the update was successful
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
Fix this in Captcha Code
Scoped from the published advisory
- Consultation2.0 h
- Implementation3.0 h
- Testing2.0 h
- Review / QA1.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2022-37411 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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