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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2025-23620
CVE-2025-23620:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The Captchelfie – Captcha by Selfie WordPress plugin contains a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in versions up to and including 1.0.7. The vulnerability was discovered by Le Ngoc Anh and publicly disclosed on January 16, 2025 (WPScan, Patchstack).
Technical details
The vulnerability is caused by insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in the plugin. It has been assigned a CVSS score of 6.1 (medium) and is classified under OWASP Top 10 category A7: Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) and CWE-79 (WPScan).
Impact
This vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages that will execute when users perform certain actions, such as clicking on a malicious link. The injected scripts could be used to redirect users, display unwanted advertisements, or execute other malicious HTML payloads on the website (Patchstack).
Mitigation and workarounds
Currently, there is no known fix available for this vulnerability. Users of the affected plugin versions should consider implementing additional security measures or using alternative CAPTCHA solutions (Patchstack).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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