MantisBT 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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T13:33:13.601Z

Reserved: 2014-11-26T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2014-9117

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2014-12-06T21:59:02.547

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2014-9117

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