Resource exhaustion in Codepeople Calculated Fields Form
CVE-2024-12601
The Calculated Fields Form plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Denial of Service in all versions up to, and including, 5.2.63. This is due to unlimited height and width parameters for CAPTCHA images. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to send multiple requests with large values, resulting in slowing server resources if the server does not mitigate Denial of Service attacks.
Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.006 (45.4th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 45th percentile — 45.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: +0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1eade2ed-9a75-4857-a2c5-a21e0… (Third Party Advisory)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/calculated-fields-form/trunk/captcha/captcha… (Product)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/calculated-fields-form/trunk/captcha/captcha… (Product)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3207826/ (Patch)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-12601?
- CVE-2024-12601 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Codepeople Calculated Fields Form, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2024-12-17.
- How severe is CVE-2024-12601?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2024-12601 known to be exploited?
- 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.