WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

Advanced Google reCAPTCHA < 1.30 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Limited SQL Injection via 'sSearch' Parameter

Description

The Advanced Google reCAPTCHA plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to generic SQL Injection via the ‘sSearch’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.29 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries, particularly when the plugin’s settings page hasn’t been visited and its welcome message has not been dismissed. This issue can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.

Affects Plugins

References

Classification

Type
SQLI
OWASP top 10
CWE

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Muhamad Visat
Verified
No

Timeline

Publicly Published
2025-03-27 (about 1 year ago)
Added
2025-03-27 (about 1 year ago)
Last Updated
2025-03-28 (about 1 year ago)

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