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Unscored Public exploit CVE-2008-2019 EUVD-2008-2017GHSA-g6xp-5gpp-gjqv

Simple Machines Forum (SMF), probably 1.1.4, relies on "randomly generated static" to hinder brute-force attacks on the WAV file (aka audio…

Published Apr 30, 2008 · Updated Aug 7, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

Simple Machines Forum (SMF), probably 1.1.4, relies on "randomly generated static" to hinder brute-force attacks on the WAV file (aka audio) CAPTCHA, which allows remote attackers to pass the CAPTCHA test via an automated attack that considers Hamming distances. NOTE: this issue reportedly exists because of an insufficient fix for CVE-2007-3308.

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