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CVE-2008-7216
Peter's Math Anti-Spam Spinoff plugin for WordPress generates audio CAPTCHA clips by concatenating static audio files without any…
Medium4.3EPSS 5.8%
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- mitre
Description
Peter's Math Anti-Spam Spinoff plugin for WordPress generates audio CAPTCHA clips by concatenating static audio files without any additional distortion, which allows remote attackers to bypass CAPTCHA protection by reading certain bytes from the generated clip.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.8% · top 6.8% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (4)
- mathantispam-captcha-security-bypass(39688) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 27287 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20080115 Defeating audio captcha systems (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://docs.google.com/View?docid=df36cd52_19xzmkwqcg (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
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