CVE-2008-7216

Peter's Math Anti-Spam Spinoff < 1.0.0 - CAPTCHA Bypass

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Peter's Math Anti-Spam Spinoff plugin for WordPress generates audio CAPTCHA clips by concatenating static audio files without any additional distortion, which allows remote attackers to bypass CAPTCHA protection by reading certain bytes from the generated clip.

La extensión Peter's Math Anti-Spam Spinoff para WordPress genera un clip de audio CAPTCHA concatenando ficheros de audio estático sin distorsiones adicionales, lo que permite a atacantes remotos saltarse la protección CAPTCHA leyendo los byte concretos del clip generado.

The Peter's Math Anti-Spam Spinoff plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to CAPTCHA Bypass in versions up to 1.0.0. This is due to the plugin generating audio CAPTCHA clips by concatenating static audio files without any additional distortion. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to bypass the Captcha Verification by reading certain bytes from the generated clip.

*Credits: Jose Palazon

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

High

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

None

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2008-01-15 CVE Published
2008-01-15 First Exploit
2009-09-11 CVE Reserved
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2024-08-18 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-264: Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
CWE-804: Guessable CAPTCHA

CAPEC

References (5)

URL	Tag	Source
http://docs.google.com/View?docid=df36cd52_19xzmkwqcg	X_refsource_misc
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486331/100/200/threaded	Mailing List
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39688	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/31029	2008-01-15
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27287	2024-08-07

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress"		Peter\'s Math Anti-spam For Wordpress Search vendor "Wordpress" for product "Peter\'s Math Anti-spam For Wordpress"				-		-		Affected