CVE-2014-9117

MantisBT < 1.2.17 - CAPTCHA Bypass via Public Key Parameter

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

References (8)

Core 8
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71321
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99004
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/26/19
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/27/8
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/62101
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=17811
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3120

Scores

EPSS 0.0234
EPSS Percentile 81.6%

Details

CWE
CWE-284
Status published
Products (1)
mantisbt/mantisbt < 1.2.17
Published Dec 06, 2014
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026