# CVE-2007-0658: Security feature bypass in n/a

> Remote attackers can bypass CAPTCHA protection in Drupal Textimage and Captcha modules by manipulating session data, allowing automated abuse.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 1 Feb 2007
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-f5cf-wmjx-wx2h

## What is CVE-2007-0658?

CVE-2007-0658 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Drupal Drupal, published on 1 Feb 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The (1) Textimage 4.7.x before 4.7-1.2 and 5.x before 5.x-1.1 module for Drupal and the (2) Captcha 4.7.x before 4.7-1.2 and 5.x before 5.x-1.1 module for Drupal allow remote attackers to bypass the CAPTCHA test via an empty captcha element in $_SESSION.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-0658?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Drupal Drupal, Drupal Textimage.

## How do I fix CVE-2007-0658?

No fix has been published for CVE-2007-0658 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2007-0658 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-0658 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2007-0658 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2007-0658 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Drupal Drupal, published on 1 Feb 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-0658 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Drupal Drupal. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-0658/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-0658/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-0658
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-0658
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2007-0658

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