reCaptcha by BestWebSoft <= 1.12 - CAPTCHA Bypass

2015-03-03 00:00

Anonymous

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 1.13

Affected PluginreCaptcha by BestWebSoft

Affected Version< 1.13

CVSS5.3Medium

CVECVE-2015-0890

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Vulnerability Overview

The BestWebSoft Google Captcha (aka reCAPTCHA) plugin before 1.13 for WordPress allows remote attackers to bypass the CAPTCHA protection mechanism and obtain administrative access via unspecified vectors.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 1.13, 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-2015-0890 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/35df1ab9-58c1-4270-96ef-bbb2c7ac7af6

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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