Unauthenticated CAPTCHA bypass via guessable challenges
Published Mar 5, 2026 · Updated Mar 5, 2026
Guessable CAPTCHA in EG Secure Solutions SiteGuard WP Plugin 1.7.9 and earlier allows remote attackers to bypass CAPTCHA checks. The vendor and CNA identify the CAPTCHA challenge-generation path as guessable but do not disclose how challenge values are selected or validated. No authentication or user interaction is required; the bypass affects CAPTCHA-protected login, comment, password-reset, and registration forms without a reported availability impact.
Summary
What happened
Guessable CAPTCHA in EG Secure Solutions SiteGuard WP Plugin 1.7.9 and earlier allows remote attackers to bypass CAPTCHA checks. The vendor and CNA identify the CAPTCHA challenge-generation path as guessable but do not disclose how challenge values are selected or validated. No authentication or user interaction is required; the bypass affects CAPTCHA-protected login, comment, password-reset, and registration forms without a reported availability impact.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-27411
- Published
- Mar 5, 2026
- Updated
- Mar 5, 2026
- Vendor
- EG Secure Solutions
- Product
- SiteGuard WP Plugin
- Classifications
- CWE-804, CAPEC-554
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Mar 5, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Mar 5, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=n/a <=<= 1.7.9
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