Captcha Code <= 2.9 - Captcha Bypass

2023-11-24 00:00

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Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 3.0

Affected PluginCaptcha Code

Affected Version<= 2.9

CVSS5.3Medium

CVECVE-2023-48745

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Vulnerability Overview

The Captcha Code plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to CAPTCHA Bypass in versions up to, and including, 2.9. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to bypass the Captcha Verification.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 3.0, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-804 (Guessable CAPTCHA) The product uses a CAPTCHA challenge, but the challenge can be guessed or automatically recognized by a non-human actor.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-48745 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b1dd3845-a88d-41aa-acf4-66fd1a6819ff

CVSS Vector

5.3

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone

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