CVE-2016-8600

7.5 HIGH

Published: October 28, 2016 Modified: May 06, 2026

Description

In dotCMS 3.2.1, attacker can load captcha once, fill it with correct value and then this correct value is ok for forms with captcha check later.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Oct/63

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93798

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://github.com/dotCMS/core/issues/9330

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

https://security.elarlang.eu/cve-2016-8600-dotcms-captcha-bypass-by-reusing-valid-code.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Oct/63

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93798

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://github.com/dotCMS/core/issues/9330

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Vendor Advisory

https://security.elarlang.eu/cve-2016-8600-dotcms-captcha-bypass-by-reusing-valid-code.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Exploit Third Party Advisory

8 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score

7.5 / 10.0

EPSS (Exploit Probability)

1.8%

75th percentile

Exploitation Status

Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-254 CWE-264

Affected Vendors

dotcms

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