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Login No Captcha reCAPTCHA EUVDEUVD-2026-32704

| CVE-2026-2374 HIGH
Cross-site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79)
2026-05-28 Wordfence GHSA-m5hx-7xc5-p76f
7.2
CVSS 3.1 · NVD
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NVD PRIMARY
7.2 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

Lifecycle Timeline

2
Analysis Generated
May 28, 2026 - 05:01 vuln.today
CVE Published
May 28, 2026 - 03:27 nvd
HIGH 7.2

DescriptionCVE.org

The Login No Captcha reCAPTCHA plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] superglobal in all versions up to, and including, 1.8.0. This is due to the authenticate() function storing the unsanitized output of basename($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']) in the login_nocaptcha_error WordPress option when a login attempt is made from a non-standard login page (e.g., xmlrpc.php). The admin_notices() function then echoes this stored value directly into the admin dashboard HTML without escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts that execute when an administrator with a whitelisted IP address visits the WordPress dashboard within 30 seconds of the attack.

AnalysisAI

Stored cross-site scripting in the Login No Captcha reCAPTCHA WordPress plugin (versions up to and including 1.8.0) allows unauthenticated remote attackers to inject arbitrary JavaScript that executes in an administrator's browser session. The flaw, reported by Wordfence, stems from unsanitized handling of the PHP_SELF superglobal during failed logins via non-standard endpoints such as xmlrpc.php, with no public exploit identified at time of analysis and no CISA KEV listing.

Technical ContextAI

The vulnerability is a classic CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation) instance in PHP, affecting cpe:2.3:a:robertpeake:login_no_captcha_recaptcha. The plugin's authenticate() function calls basename($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']) and persists the result into the WordPress options table under the 'login_nocaptcha_error' key when a login attempt arrives from a non-standard entrypoint. Because PHP_SELF is attacker-controllable via path-info style URLs (e.g., /xmlrpc.php/<payload>), and because admin_notices() later echoes the stored value directly into the admin dashboard HTML without esc_html() or esc_attr() escaping, the result is persistent, stored XSS. The source references (plugins.trac.wordpress.org lines 281 and 377 of login-nocaptcha.php) point to the exact sink and storage locations.

RemediationAI

Upgrade the Login No Captcha reCAPTCHA plugin to a version newer than 1.8.0 as soon as the maintainer publishes one; the input data references an upstream changeset (plugins.trac.wordpress.org changeset 3549342) indicating an upstream fix is in progress but a released patched version is not independently confirmed from the supplied data. Until a fixed release is installed, compensating controls include: disabling or restricting xmlrpc.php at the web server level (note this will break legitimate XML-RPC clients such as the WordPress mobile app and Jetpack), removing or tightening the plugin's IP whitelist for admins so the 30-second post-attack visit cannot trigger payload execution, and deploying a WAF rule (e.g., Wordfence) that strips path-info from requests to /xmlrpc.php and other PHP entrypoints. Consult the Wordfence advisory at https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/99dfce3b-2b47-41bf-8b20-b53fb9f061a7 for vendor guidance and IoCs.

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