CVE-2016-8600

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-8600
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-10-28 15:59:12 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionIn dotCMS 3.2.1, attacker can load captcha once, fill it with correct value and then this correct value is ok for forms with captcha check later.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 7.5 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

EPSS: 0.008670000 probability, percentile 0.752920000 (date 2026-05-09)

Problem Types: CWE-254 | CWE-264 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary7.5HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
2.0[email protected]Primary5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

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 Dotcms Dotcms 3.2.1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
CVE-2016-8600 dotCMS - CAPTCHA bypass by reusing valid code - Security | Elar Lang af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.elarlang.eu Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Captcha can be programmatically reused by passing session id · Issue #9330 · dotCMS/core · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Vendor Advisory
dotCMS CVE-2016-8600 Security Bypass Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Full Disclosure: CVE-2016-8600 dotCMS - CAPTCHA bypass by reusing valid code af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
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