CVE-2024-31295 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Guessable CAPTCHA vulnerability in BestWebSoft Captcha by BestWebSoft allows Functionality Bypass.This issue affects Captcha by BestWebSoft: from n/a through 5.2.0.

Published: 2024-05-17

Score: 5.3 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

BestWebSoft

Captcha by BestWebSoft

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	≤ 5.2.0

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Remediation

Vendor Solution

Update to 5.2.1 or a higher version.

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2024-29191	Guessable CAPTCHA vulnerability in BestWebSoft Captcha by BestWebSoft allows Functionality Bypass.This issue affects Captcha by BestWebSoft: from n/a through 5.2.0.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00092.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/captcha-bws/wordpress-captcha-by-bestwebsoft-plugin-5-2-0-captcha-bypass-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

History

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published: 2024-05-17T08:19:49.152Z

Updated: 2026-04-28T16:09:30.690Z

Reserved: 2024-03-29T17:22:51.686Z

Link: CVE-2024-31295

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T01:52:56.483Z

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2024-05-17T09:15:34.327

Modified: 2026-04-15T00:35:42.020

Link: CVE-2024-31295

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-804

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