CVE-2014-9117 (GCVE-0-2014-9117)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-12-06 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 13:33
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Summary
MantisBT before 1.2.18 uses the public_key parameter value as the key to the CAPTCHA answer, which allows remote attackers to bypass the CAPTCHA protection mechanism by leveraging knowledge of a CAPTCHA answer for a public_key parameter value, as demonstrated by E4652 for the public_key value 0.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
mitre CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 28/100 over 2291 records in the last 180 days details
References
Date Public
2014-11-26 00:00
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