PT-2025-12473 · WordPress · The Gotcha | Gesture-Based Captcha

Johannes Skamletz + 1 · Published 2025-03-22 · Updated 2025-03-22 · CVE-2025-2482

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.1

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions The Gotcha | Gesture-based Captcha plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 1.0.0

Description The issue is related to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the menu parameter due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This allows unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Recommendations For The Gotcha | Gesture-based Captcha plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 1.0.0, consider disabling the menu parameter to minimize the risk of exploitation until a patch is available. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2025-2482

Affected Products

The Gotcha | Gesture-Based Captcha

References · 7

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-2482 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvetracker/19664 · Telegram Post
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/gotcha-gesture-based-captcha/trunk/admin/libs/setting.php#L223 · Note
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6e7f1fe6-0a23-48e1-a75f-f8c1c8d4f8e0?source=cve · Note
• https://t.me/cvedetector/20855 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/115774 · Telegram Post
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/gotcha-gesture-based-captcha/#developers · Note