CVE-2014-9283: The BestWebSoft Captcha plugin before 4.0.7 for WordPress allows remote attackers to bypass the CAPTCHA protection mechanism and obtain administrative access via unspecified vectors.

medium Affects captcha (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28; published 2015-03-03; advisory modified 2026-06-17.

The BestWebSoft Captcha plugin before 4.0.7 for WordPress allows remote attackers to bypass the CAPTCHA protection mechanism and obtain administrative access via unspecified vectors.

Package: captcha (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions: <=4.0.6
Fixed in: no fix recorded
Severity: medium CVSS 5.0
Exploitation: not on CISA KEV · EPSS 2% (83.6th percentile)
Published: 2015-03-03
Source: nvd

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