CVE-2014-9117 describes a vulnerability in MantisBT versions prior to 1.2.18 where the CAPTCHA protection mechanism can be bypassed. This is due to the application using the public_key parameter value as the key for the CAPTCHA answer, allowing attackers to leverage known CAPTCHA answers for specific public_key values. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0 (medium severity) with a vector of AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N, indicating it can be exploited remotely with low complexity to achieve partial integrity impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.2.17CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mantisbt:mantisbt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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