Description
Securimage-WP-Fixed is a fixed and improved version of Securimage-WP plugin which was removed from wordpress plugins due to XSS vulnerability.
Securimage-WP utilizes the powerful CAPTCHA protection of Securimage Captcha to add protection to your WordPress comment forms.
From your WordPress Settings menu, you can easily customize all aspects of the CAPTCHA image to match your site’s look, as well as customize the security features of the CAPTCHA.
Securimage-WP also has the ability to stream secure, high-quality, dynamic audio CAPTCHAs to visitors.
Additional Features Include:
- Customize code-length, image dimensions, colors and distortion factors from a menu
- Supports word or math based CAPTCHA images and audio
- Add a custom signature to your images
- Customize icon used in Flash button for streaming audio
- Easily add CSS classes and styles to the CAPTCHA inputs
- Select the sequence of the CAPTCHA inputs to match your site layout
- Allows pingbacks and trackbacks, and replies from administration panel
- Visitors do not need cookies enabled, stores codes in a database table
Requirements:
- WordPress 3.0 or greater
- Requires PHP 5.2+ with GD and FreeType
About This Plugin:
This plugin was developed by Drew Phillips, the developer of Securimage PHP CAPTCHA. Securimage is completely free and open-source for the community and your use, as is this WordPress plugin. If you find either of these things useful, please consider donating. Thank you for using this plugin!
XSS vulnerability fix and other improvements from 3.5.3 version by Jehy.
You can also use Secureimage-WP-REG plugin to protect your registration page with this plugin.
Donate or help?
If you want to ensure the future development and support of this plugin, you can make donation on this page or just write about this plugin in your blog.
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Installation
Installation of Securimage-WP is simple.
- From the
Plugins
menu, selectAdd New
and thenUpload
. Select the .zip file containing Securimage-WP. Alternatively, you can upload thesecurimage-wp
directory to your/wp-content/plugins
directory. - Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
- Customize the CAPTCHA options from
Securimage-WP
under the WordPressSettings
menu.
FAQ
- What are the requirements?
-
Securimage-WP requires
PHP 5.2+
,GD2
,FreeType
, andWordPress 3+
.
If you install Securimage-WP, there is a test script that will tell you whether or not your system meets the requirements. - The CAPTCHA image is not displaying
-
From the Securimage-WP settings menu, enable the
Debug Image Errors
option, save the settings, and then click the link labeledView Image Directly
. Ideally, this will reveal any error messages that may be causing the image generation to fail. Try to troubleshoot the error, or contact us for assistance. - The refresh button does not work
-
Javascript must be enabled for the refresh buttons to work. Make sure Javascript is enabled or check for errors that may prevent it from functioning.
- I noticed the image refresh by itself when I was looking at my comment form
-
CAPTCHA codes have expiration times in order to reduce the amount of time spammers have to break the CAPTCHA. The default time is 15 minutes. After this time lapses, the CAPTCHA refreshes since it is no longer valid. You can customize this setting in the options menu.
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Contributors & Developers
“Securimage-WP-Fixed” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
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Changelog
3.5.4
- Fixed PHP warning if using PHP 5.4
- Small fixes and improvements
3.5.3
- Plugin fixed and published by Jehy. New name – SecureImage-WP-Fixed
- Fix one more potential XSS
- Upgrade Securimage library to latest version
- Fixed one HTML bug
- Fixed case with possible MySQL error
- Added better user identification
3.5.1
- Fix potential XSS vulnerability in siwp_test.php
- Upgrade Securimage library to latest version
3.2
- Initial release of WordPress plugin