CVE-2014-9117

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-9117
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-12-06 21:59:02 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionMantisBT before 1.2.18 uses the public_key parameter value as the key to the CAPTCHA answer, which allows remote attackers to bypass the CAPTCHA protection mechanism by leveraging knowledge of a CAPTCHA answer for a public_key parameter value, as demonstrated by E4652 for the public_key value 0.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-284 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mantisbt Mantisbt All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
0017811: CVE-2014-9117: CAPTCHA bypass - MantisBT af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mantisbt.org Vendor Advisory
Use session rather than form key for captcha · 7bb78e4 · mantisbt/mantisbt · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com
Security Advisory SA62101 - Debian update for mantis - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3120-1 mantis af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
MantisBT Captcha System Security Weakness af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
oss-security - CVE Request: CAPTCHA bypass in MantisBT af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: CAPTCHA bypass in MantisBT af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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