WordPress captcha 2.5d captcha\captcha.php captcha_secret cross site scripting

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A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in WordPress captcha 2.5d. This affects an unknown part of the file captcha\captcha.php. This manipulation of the argument captcha_secret causes cross site scripting. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2008-0206. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in WordPress captcha 2.5d (Content Management System). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the file captcha\captcha.php. The manipulation of the argument captcha_secret with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in captcha\captcha.php in the Captcha! 2.5d and earlier plugin for WordPress allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) captcha_ttffolder, (2) captcha_numchars, (3) captcha_ttfrange, or (4) captcha_secret parameter.

The weakness was released 01/09/2008 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2008-0206 since 01/09/2008. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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

Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-40472, VDB-40470, VDB-40469 and VDB-40468. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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• Content Management System

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• WordPress

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• captcha

Version

• 2.5d

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• open-source

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• Vendor: https://wordpress.com/

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