CVE-2026-5411

highpriority · track · 10EPSS 0.006 · 49 %ileexploit · PoCEU

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

1 exploit · PoC

Likely / severe?

0.61% (49th) EPSS

CVSS 8.8 · high

Is it mine?

1 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

2 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

The WP Captcha PRO (the premium version of the Advanced Google reCAPTCHA plugin, both have the same slug) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file upload in all versions up to, and including, 5.38. This is due to a capability check in the save_ajax() function of the licensing module, combined with unrestricted file extraction in sync_cloud_protection(). This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to upload arbitrary files including PHP webshells to the server by injecting a malicious cloud_protection_url into the license meta, which the plugin then downloads and extracts without file type validation into a web-accessible uploads directory. This can be used for remote code execution. Note: The vulnerability can only be exploited with a remote URL if "allow_url_fopen" is enabled in the php.ini config.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

8.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · security@wordfence.comexploitability 2.8 · impact 5.9

v3.18.3highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Psecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-434US

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

izxci/CVE-2026-5411CVE-2026-5411 WP Captcha PROPoC · poc_in_github

affected products (1)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

webfactory Advanced Google reCAPTCHA≤ 0 ≤5.38enisa_euvdEU

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2026-06-05modified 2026-06-17

references (8)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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