Honeypot for Contact Form 7 up to 1.11.3 on WordPress CAPTCHA excessive authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in Honeypot for Contact Form 7 up to 1.11.3 on WordPress. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component CAPTCHA Handler. Such manipulation leads to an unknown weakness. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2023-45009. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Honeypot for Contact Form 7 up to 1.11.3 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin). Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component CAPTCHA Handler. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-307. The product does not implement sufficient measures to prevent multiple failed authentication attempts within a short time frame, making it more susceptible to brute force attacks. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts vulnerability in Forge12 Interactive GmbH Captcha/Honeypot for Contact Form 7 allows Functionality Bypass.This issue affects Captcha/Honeypot for Contact Form 7: from n/a through 1.11.3.

The weakness was shared 10/06/2023. The advisory is available at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2023-45009 since 10/02/2023. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1110.001 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

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: 4.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.3

VulDB Base Score: 3.5
VulDB Temp Score: 3.4
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CNA Base Score: 5.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Excessive authentication
CWE: CWE-307 / CWE-799 / CWE-400
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

10/02/2023 🔍
10/06/2023 +4 days 🔍
10/06/2023 +0 days 🔍
06/04/2024 +242 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wordfence.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2023-45009 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-45009
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-241454

Entryinfo

Created: 10/06/2023 16:11
Updated: 06/04/2024 15:18
Changes: 10/06/2023 16:11 (36), 06/04/2024 11:24 (28), 06/04/2024 15:18 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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