CVE-2008-2020

Summary

CVECVE-2008-2020
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-04-30 01:07:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-11 20:38:00 UTC
DescriptionThe CAPTCHA implementation as used in (1) Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke 7.0 and 8.1, (2) my123tkShop e-Commerce-Suite (aka 123tkShop) 0.9.1, (3) phpMyBitTorrent 1.2.2, (4) TorrentFlux 2.3, (5) e107 0.7.11, (6) WebZE 0.5.9, (7) Open Media Collectors Database (aka OpenDb) 1.5.0b4, and (8) Labgab 1.1 uses a code_bg.jpg background image and the PHP ImageString function in a way that produces an insufficient number of different images, which allows remote attackers to pass the CAPTCHA test via an automated attack using a table of all possible image checksums and their corresponding digit strings.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-264

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application E107 E107 0.7.11 All All All
Application E107 E107 0.7.11 All All All
Application Labgab Labgab 1.1 All All All
Application Labgab Labgab 1.1 All All All
Application My123tkshop E-commerce-suite 0.9.1 All All All
Application My123tkshop E-commerce-suite 0.9.1 All All All
Application Opendb Opendb 1.5.0b4 All All All
Application Opendb Opendb 1.5.0b4 All All All
Application Php-nuke Php-nuke 8.1 All All All
Application Php-nuke Php-nuke 8.1 All All All
Application Phpmybittorrent Phpmybittorrent 1.2.2 All All All
Application Phpmybittorrent Phpmybittorrent 1.2.2 All All All
Application Phpnuke Php-nuke 7.0 All All All
Application Phpnuke Php-nuke 7.0 All All All
Application Torrentflux Torrentflux 2.3 All All All
Application Torrentflux Torrentflux 2.3 All All All
Application Webze Webze 0.5.9 All All All
Application Webze Webze 0.5.9 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Multiple Products Forgotten Password Feature CAPTCHA Security Bypass Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
SecurityReason - Deciphering the PHP-Nuke Capthca SREASON securityreason.com
www.rooksecurity.com/blog MISC www.rooksecurity.com
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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