WordPress plugin
PS PHPCaptcha <= 1.1.0 — Authenticated Denial of Service
CVE-2019-7412Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤1.1.0Update to 1.2.0 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Medium6.5
- CVSS
- 6.5CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:LPrivileges required- Low
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:NConfidentiality- None
I:NIntegrity- None
A:HAvailability- High
- Weakness
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
PS PHPCaptcha WP ps-phpcaptcha
- Affected≤ 1.1.0
- Patched in1.2.0
Update to 1.2.0 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 1.1.0. Version 1.2.0 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under PS PHPCaptcha WP.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- Update to version 1.2.0, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch PS PHPCaptcha WP to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Metamorfosec.
The PS PHPCaptcha pluginfor WordPress is vulnerable to Denial of Service in versions up to, and including, 1.1.0. This is due to improper sanitization of user inputted values. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers to slow and or completely freeze the vulnerable service.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
Timeline
CVE published
Severity medium, CVSS 6.5
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. [object Object] Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
- CVE® identifiers
- [object Object]. Used under the CVE Program. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.
- CVSS / CWE
- National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- VulnCrest content
- Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.