CVE-2015-6250 Information disclosure in n/a

Medium 5.3 Published Updated

Attackers can bypass captcha protection by generating responses client-side, undermining security controls in applications using this PHP library.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2015-6250?

CVE-2015-6250 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 6 Sep 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

simple-php-captcha before commit 9d65a945029c7be7bb6bc893759e74c5636be694 allows remote attackers to automatically generate the captcha response by running the same code on the client-side.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-6250?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Simple-Php-Captcha Project Simple-Php-Captcha.

How do I fix CVE-2015-6250?

No fix has been published for CVE-2015-6250 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2015-6250 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-6250 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-c5qm-hvv2-h2gp.

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