---
id: "CVE-2026-39741"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2026-39741"]
title: "WordPress Simple Cloudflare Turnstile plugin: missing authorization check through 1.44.0"
severity: "medium"
cvss: 5.3
epss: null
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "runtime"
products: []
ecosystems: []
tags: ["runtime", "simple-cloudflare-turnstile", "wordpress"]
not_affected_if: []
published_at: "2026-10-29T13:17:11+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-29T13:25:07+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-29T13:25:47+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-39741", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-29T13:25:07+00:00"}]
---

# WordPress Simple Cloudflare Turnstile plugin: missing authorization check through 1.44.0

The Simple Cloudflare Turnstile WordPress plugin, through version 1.44.0, has a missing authorization check that allows access-control bypass. The sources say the flaw lets an attacker act beyond their intended permissions, but do not state exactly which actions are exposed.

_Summary, check and fix written by a model from the sources; labelled as such._

## How to check

- Check the installed version of the Simple Cloudflare Turnstile plugin (simple-cloudflare-turnstile) in the WordPress admin plugin list

## Fix

- Move the simple-cloudflare-turnstile plugin to a version later than `1.44.0`; the sources do not name the exact fixed version

## Timeline

- 2026-10-29T13:25:07+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-39741

## From the sources

Missing Authorization vulnerability in RelyWP Simple Cloudflare Turnstile simple-cloudflare-turnstile allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Simple Cloudflare Turnstile: from n/a through 1.44.0.

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