CVE-2026-100518
WordPress Advanced Google reCAPTCHA plugin <= 5.40 - Broken Authentication vulnerability
Unauthenticated Broken Authentication in Advanced Google reCAPTCHA <= 5.40 versions.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
WordPress Advanced Google reCAPTCHA plugin <= 5.40 - Broken Authentication vulnerability
Unauthenticated Broken Authentication in Advanced Google reCAPTCHA <= 5.40 versions.
- Record
CVE-2026-100518- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-288
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-93069
Unauthenticated Broken Authentication in Advanced Google reCAPTCHA <= 5.40 versions.
- Record
EUVD-2026-93069- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-9vfj-8pvp-mccw
Unauthenticated Broken Authentication in Advanced Google reCAPTCHA <= 5.40 versions.
Unauthenticated Broken Authentication in Advanced Google reCAPTCHA <= 5.40 versions.
- Record
GHSA-9vfj-8pvp-mccw- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-288
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Unauthenticated Broken Authentication in Advanced Google reCAPTCHA <= 5.40 versions.
- Record
CVE-2026-100518- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-288
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2026-100518 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) in Webfactory Advanced Google Recaptcha, published October 6, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.26%, the 17th percentile. No source names a fixed version.