CVE-2026-4512 (GCVE-0-2026-4512)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-23 06:00 – Updated: 2026-04-23 15:50
VLAI?
Title
WP reCaptcha by WebDesignBy < 2.0 – Admin+ Stored XSS
Summary
The reCaptcha by WebDesignBy WordPress plugin before 2.0 does not sanitize or escape the Site Key setting before outputting it in a JavaScript string context via the grecaptcha_js() function. This allows administrators on multisite installations (who do not have the unfiltered_html capability) to inject arbitrary JavaScript that executes for all visitors to the WordPress login page.
Severity ?
3.5 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
Assigner
References
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/6dfb4378-fe6a-44… exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Unknown reCaptcha by WebDesignBy Affected: 0 , < 2.0 (semver)
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Credits
Mustafa Ahmed WPScan
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