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CVE-2025-42601 (GCVE-0-2025-42601)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-04-23 10:32 – Updated: 2025-04-23 15:28
VLAI
Title
Captcha Bypass Vulnerability in Meon KYC solutions
Summary
This vulnerability exists in Meon KYC solutions due to insufficient server-side validation of the Captcha in certain API endpoints. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by intercepting the request and removing the Captcha parameter leading to bypassing the Captcha verification mechanism.
Severity
8.2 (High)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-04-23 15:25 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-602 - Client-Side Enforcement of Server-Side Security
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Meon KYC solutions Affected: 1.1
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Credits
This vulnerability is reported by Mohit Gadiya.
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