CVE-2015-6250 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

simple-php-captcha before commit 9d65a945029c7be7bb6bc893759e74c5636be694 allows remote attackers to automatically generate the captcha response by running the same code on the client-side.

Published: 2017-09-06

Score: 5.3 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:simple-php-captcha_project:simple-php-captcha:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2015-6192	simple-php-captcha before commit 9d65a945029c7be7bb6bc893759e74c5636be694 allows remote attackers to automatically generate the captcha response by running the same code on the client-side.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00248.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/17/7
https://github.com/claviska/simple-php-captcha/commit/9d65a945029c7be7bb6bc893759e74c5636be694
https://github.com/claviska/simple-php-captcha/issues/16

History

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Subscriptions

Simple-php-captcha Project Simple-php-captcha

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-09-06T21:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T07:15:13.282Z

Reserved: 2015-08-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-6250

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-09-06T21:29:00.910

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2015-6250

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-200

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