SQL Injection in Matthiasnordwig Invisible Anti-Spam & Captcha — Recaptcha Alternative For All Forms

CVE-2026-16146

The Invisible Anti-Spam & CAPTCHA — reCAPTCHA Alternative for All Forms plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to generic SQL Injection via Pattern JSON Keys/Values in all versions up to, and including, 5.1 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with editor-level access and above, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.

Vulnerability class: SQL Injection

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-16146?
CVE-2026-16146 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Matthiasnordwig Invisible Anti-Spam & Captcha — Recaptcha Alternative For All Forms, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 4.9/10. Published 2026-08-15.
How severe is CVE-2026-16146?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.9 out of 10.