CAPTCHA 4WP < 7.1.0 - Local File Inclusion via CSRF

Description

The CAPTCHA 4WP WordPress plugin before 7.1.0 lets user input reach a sensitive require_once call in one of its admin-side templates. This can be abused by attackers, via a Cross-Site Request Forgery attack to run arbitrary code on the server.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.59% · top 52% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.

Weakness

• CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-22 and its CVEs
• CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-352 and its CVEs

Affected products

• Unknown · CAPTCHA 4WP

  • affected 7.1.0 – < 7.1.0

References (1)

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e777784f-5ba0-4966-be27-e0a0cbbfe056 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2022-2184](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2022-2184.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2022-2184)

Record last updated 3 Aug 2024, 00:32 UTC.