CVE-2014-9283

Description

The BestWebSoft Captcha plugin before 4.0.7 for WordPress allows remote attackers to bypass the CAPTCHA protection mechanism and obtain administrative access via unspecified vectors.

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 0.59%

Vendor Advisory jvn.jp Vendor Advisory jvn.jp

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN93727681/index.html	third party advisory vendor advisory
https://wordpress.org/plugins/captcha/changelog/
http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2015-000029	third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2014-9283?: CVE-2014-9283 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2014-9283?: To fix CVE-2014-9283, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2014-9283 being actively exploited in the wild?: As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2014-9283 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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