# CVE-2026-4121: Kcaptcha \<= 1.0.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Settings Update

- Severity: CVSS 4.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-04-22 · Updated: 2026-04-23

## Affected

- ksolves Kcaptcha: through 1.0.1

## Description

The Kcaptcha plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to and including 1.0.1. This is due to missing nonce validation in the plugin's settings page handler (admin/setting.php). The settings form does not include a wp_nonce_field() and the form processing code does not call wp_verify_nonce() or check_admin_referer() before saving settings to the database via $wpdb->update(). This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify the plugin's CAPTCHA settings (enabling or disabling CAPTCHA on login, registration, lost password, and comment forms) via a forged request, granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking a link.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on ksolves Kcaptcha, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a6c1c73b-76e3-4cb9-ad53-9d5d4e7519c9?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kcaptcha/trunk/admin/setting.php#L12
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kcaptcha/tags/1.0.1/admin/setting.php#L12
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kcaptcha/trunk/admin/setting.php#L30
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kcaptcha/tags/1.0.1/admin/setting.php#L30
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kcaptcha/trunk/admin/setting.php#L47
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kcaptcha/tags/1.0.1/admin/setting.php#L47

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