# CVE-2025-10423: newbee-mall kaptcha mallKaptcha Captcha

> Attackers can bypass authentication in newbee-mall by guessing weak captcha codes, requiring high complexity and remote access.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.3 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 15 Sep 2025
- **Updated:** 15 Sep 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-7p3m-6gm8-fpwm

## What is CVE-2025-10423?

CVE-2025-10423 is a medium-severity vulnerability in newbee-mall, published on 15 Sep 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability was found in newbee-mall 1.0. Impacted is the function mallKaptcha of the file /common/mall/kaptcha. The manipulation results in guessable captcha. The attack can be executed remotely. A high complexity level is associated with this attack. The exploitability is considered difficult. The exploit has been made public and could be used.

Weakness: CWE-804 (Guessable CAPTCHA), CWE-287 (Improper Authentication)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-10423?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Newbee-Mall Project Newbee-Mall.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-10423?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-10423 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-10423 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-10423 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in newbee-mall

- [CVE-2022-27477](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-27477/): File upload in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-23448](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-23448/): Auth bypass in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2019-19113](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-19113/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-26218](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-26218/): newbee-mall Default Seeded Administrator Credentials Allow Account Takeover (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2026-26219](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-26219/): newbee-mall Unsalted MD5 Password Hashing Enables Offline Credential Cracking (critical 9.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-10423 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-10423 is a medium-severity vulnerability in newbee-mall, published on 15 Sep 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-10423 exists.

Affected product: newbee-mall. 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-2025-10423/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-10423/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-10423
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-10423
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-10423

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-10423/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.