Vulnerability in Mantisbt
CVE-2014-9117
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.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.023 (83.0th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 83rd percentile — 83.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.023 · newest: 0.023 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/71321 (vdb-entry)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99004 (vdb-entry)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/26/19 (mailing-list)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/27/8 (mailing-list)
- secunia.com/advisories/62101 (third-party-advisory)
- www.mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php (Vendor Advisory)
- github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/commit/7bb78e45
- www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3120 (vendor-advisory)