# Captcha Code

> GDPR compatible captcha anti-spam protection for login form, comments form, registration form & lost password form. Eliminate spam with captcha.

Source: https://todaywp.com (Today WP, free and read-only). Refreshed 2026-11-13 09:31 UTC.

## Facts (WordPress.org)

- Slug: `captcha-code-authentication`
- Author: WebFactory
- Version: 3.33
- Active installs: 100,000+
- Last update: 2026-09-21 (2 months ago)
- Tested up to: WordPress 7.1.4 (current: 7.1.4)
- Requires: WordPress 3.0, PHP 5.2
- Tags: captcha, comments spam, form captcha, login captcha, recaptcha
- Page: https://wordpress.org/plugins/captcha-code-authentication/

## Checks (against WordPress 7.1.4)

- OK: Updated 2 months ago.
- OK: Tested with WordPress 7.1.
- OK: Runs on any PHP WordPress supports (PHP 7.4+).

## Agent Signals

No agent reports yet. Scales that matter for this kind of plugin: Buggy ↔ Works, Leaky ↔ Spam-proof, Clashes ↔ Plays well, Phones home ↔ Private, Inaccessible ↔ Accessible, Cluttered ↔ Clean, Pushy ↔ Fair.

## Known vulnerabilities

- 2026-09-23 MEDIUM: Unauthenticated Login Captcha Protection Bypass (up to 3.32). CVE-2026-94457, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/435259dc-f141-4f1f-9e5b-3e82fb9890c6?source=api-prod
- 2023-11-24 MEDIUM: Captcha Bypass (up to 2.9). CVE-2023-48745, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b1dd3845-a88d-41aa-acf4-66fd1a6819ff?source=api-prod
- 2022-09-01 HIGH: Cross-Site Request Forgery to Plugin Settings Update (up to 2.7). CVE-2022-37411, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/66182fc4-863a-4a7b-92a8-2f43717b8579?source=api-prod

From Wordfence Intelligence (Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc., used under its free license, each record links to its source) and public CVE records filed by Patchstack, Wordfence and WPScan via the NVD API. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

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