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Critical · 9.8 CVE-2018-18531 EUVD-2018-0553GHSA-8q89-pwhh-7wfq

Use of Insufficiently Random Values in penggle:kaptcha

Published Oct 19, 2018 · Updated Sep 17, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

text/impl/DefaultTextCreator.java, text/impl/ChineseTextProducer.java, and text/impl/FiveLetterFirstNameTextCreator.java in kaptcha 2.3.2 use the Random (rather than SecureRandom) function for generating CAPTCHA values, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a brute-force approach.

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Maven com.github.penggle:kaptcha <= 2.3.2 — GHSA-8q89-pwhh-7wfq

References