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.
Published: 2008-04-30
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: 4.6% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2008-2017 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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Simple Machines Smf
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T08:41:00.258Z

Reserved: 2008-04-29T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-2019

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-04-30T01:07:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2008-2019

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