CVE-2025-1262

Webfactoryltd Advanced Google Recaptcha ≤ 1.2.8

Published

25 February 2025

Modified

28 February 2025

Patch / advisory

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CVSS Score v3.1 5.3

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Raw vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

EPSS Score 0.0033 26th percentile

Risk Priority 44 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2025-1262 is a medium-severity Guessable CAPTCHA (CWE-804) vulnerability in Webfactoryltd Advanced Google Recaptcha. Its CVSS base score is 5.3 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Password Guessing (T1110.001); ranked at the 26th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-5445

Vulnerability Data

The Advanced Google reCaptcha plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to CAPTCHA Bypass in versions up to, and including, 1.27 . This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to bypass the Built-in Math Captcha Verification.

CWE(s): CWE-804 NVD-CWE-Other

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1110.001 Password Guessing Credential Access

Adversaries with no prior knowledge of legitimate credentials within the system or environment may guess passwords to attempt access to accounts.

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T1110.003 Password Spraying Credential Access

Adversaries may use a single or small list of commonly used passwords against many different accounts to attempt to acquire valid account credentials.

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T1110 Brute Force Credential Access

Adversaries may use brute force techniques to gain access to accounts when passwords are unknown or when password hashes are obtained.

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Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

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Affected Assets

webfactoryltd

advanced google recaptcha

≤ 1.2.8

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 mostly match

prevents

Secure development practices directly require non-guessable CAPTCHA implementations.

PR.AA-03 partial match

prevents

Strong authentication practices include effective CAPTCHA challenges to block automated actors.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

A.8.29 Security testing in development and acceptance mostly match

finds

Security testing can detect weak CAPTCHA implementations before deployment.

A.8.26 Application security requirements partial match

prevents

Application security requirements mandate effective CAPTCHA challenges that cannot be easily bypassed by bots.

A.8.28 Secure coding partial match

prevents

Secure coding practices ensure CAPTCHA logic is resistant to automated recognition or guessing attacks.

A.8.5 Secure authentication partial match

prevents

Strong authentication mechanisms include robust CAPTCHA implementations that resist automated guessing.