WordPress security changelog
MEDIUM CVE-2008-7216 Modified

Peter'S Math Anti Spam For Wordpress: A security weakness

Peter'S Math Anti Spam For Wordpress is affected by a security weakness. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.

CVE / CNA score 4.3 CVSS · cve@mitre.org
NVD score 4.3 CVSS 2.0 · nvd@nist.gov
Component
Peter'S Math Anti Spam For Wordpress
Plugin slug
peter's-math-anti-spam-for-wordpress
Affected
See vendor advisory
Safe version
See mitigation notes
Published
Sep 11, 2009
Weakness
CWE-264 — Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

This CVE was published Sep 11, 2009 and is one of 1 known issue for this plugin.

What to do

Update, patch or deactivate.

Update Peter'S Math Anti Spam For Wordpress to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.

No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.

Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.

Source record

Technical description

Peter's Math Anti-Spam Spinoff plugin for WordPress generates audio CAPTCHA clips by concatenating static audio files without any additional distortion, which allows remote attackers to bypass CAPTCHA protection by reading certain bytes from the generated clip.

NVD vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

References

Primary and upstream sources