WP Captcha Plugin up to 2.0.0 on WordPress access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in WP Captcha Plugin up to 2.0.0 on WordPress. It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2023-44235. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in WP Captcha Plugin up to 2.0.0 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts vulnerability in Devnath verma WP Captcha allows Functionality Bypass.This issue affects WP Captcha: from n/a through 2.0.0.

The weakness was published 10/04/2023. It is possible to read the advisory at wordfence.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-44235 since 09/27/2023. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 06/04/2024). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.2

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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CNA Base Score: 5.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

09/27/2023 🔍
10/04/2023 +7 days 🔍
10/04/2023 +0 days 🔍
06/04/2024 +244 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wordfence.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2023-44235 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-44235
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-241295

Entryinfo

Created: 10/04/2023 17:32
Updated: 06/04/2024 15:18
Changes: 10/04/2023 17:32 (37), 06/04/2024 10:23 (25), 06/04/2024 15:18 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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