CVE-2023-44235 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts vulnerability in Devnath verma WP Captcha allows Functionality Bypass.This issue affects WP Captcha: from n/a through 2.0.0.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Devnath Verma	Wp Captcha
Wordpress	Wordpress

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References

Link	Providers
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/wp-captcha/wordpress-wp-captcha-plugin-2-0-0-captcha-bypass-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00071}`	epss `{'score': 0.00136}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published: 2024-06-04T07:35:27.596Z

Updated: 2024-08-02T19:59:51.523Z

Reserved: 2023-09-27T06:25:00.438Z

Link: CVE-2023-44235

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T19:59:51.523Z

NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2024-06-04T08:15:10.473

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:25:29.323

Link: CVE-2023-44235

Redhat

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