CAPTCHA up to 1.16.x/2.0.9 on Drupal authentication bypass
| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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| 6.8 | $0-$5k | 1.29 |
Summary
A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in CAPTCHA up to 1.16.x/2.0.9 on Drupal. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation leads to authentication bypass. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-3214. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.
Details
A vulnerability was found in CAPTCHA up to 1.16.x/2.0.9 on Drupal. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authentication bypass vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-288. A product requires authentication, but the product has an alternate path or channel that does not require authentication. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel vulnerability in Drupal CAPTCHA allows Functionality Bypass.This issue affects CAPTCHA: from 0.0.0 before 1.17.0, from 2.0.0 before 2.0.10.
The weakness was shared by Andrew Wang as sa-contrib-2026-015. It is possible to read the advisory at drupal.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-3214 since 02/25/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.
Upgrading to version 1.17.0 or 2.0.10 eliminates this vulnerability.
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Product
Name
Version
- 1.0
- 1.1
- 1.2
- 1.3
- 1.4
- 1.5
- 1.6
- 1.7
- 1.8
- 1.9
- 1.10
- 1.11
- 1.12
- 1.13
- 1.14
- 1.15
- 1.16
- 2.0.0
- 2.0.1
- 2.0.2
- 2.0.3
- 2.0.4
- 2.0.5
- 2.0.6
- 2.0.7
- 2.0.8
- 2.0.9
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.9VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.8
VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.0
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ADP CISA Base Score: 6.5
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CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Authentication bypassCWE: CWE-288 / CWE-287
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes
Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
0-Day Time: 🔒
Upgrade: CAPTCHA 1.17.0/2.0.10
Timeline
02/25/2026 CVE reserved03/25/2026 Advisory disclosed
03/25/2026 VulDB entry created
03/31/2026 VulDB entry last update
Sources
Advisory: sa-contrib-2026-015Researcher: Andrew Wang
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2026-3214 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-3214
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-353159
Entry
Created: 03/25/2026 17:16Updated: 03/31/2026 05:06
Changes: 03/25/2026 17:16 (56), 03/31/2026 05:06 (12)
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Cache ID: 216:B7B:103
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