CVE-2024-3940: reCAPTCHA Jetpack <= 0.2.2 - Settings Update via CSRF

Description

The reCAPTCHA Jetpack WordPress plugin through 0.2.2 does not have CSRF check in place when updating its settings, which could allow attackers to make a logged in admin change them via a CSRF attack

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-3940

Problem Types

CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Affected Products

Vendor: Unknown

Product: reCAPTCHA Jetpack

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.12% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 31.54% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-04-18 (when was this score calculated)

Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization (SSVC)

SSVC Exploitation: poc

SSVC Technical Impact: partial

SSVC Automatable: false

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-3940
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/bb0245e5-8e94-4f11-9003-d6208945056c/

Timeline