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ghsa-m4cp-r954-7x4c

Vulnerability from github

Published

2025-06-26 21:31

Modified

2025-06-26 21:31

Severity ?

5.6 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
2.9 (Low) - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P

Details

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in xxyopen/201206030 novel-plus up to 5.1.3. Affected by this issue is the function ajaxLogin of the file novel-admin/src/main/java/com/java2nb/system/controller/LoginController.java of the component CATCHA Handler. The manipulation leads to authentication bypass by capture-replay. The attack may be launched remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

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  "modified": "2025-06-26T21:31:03Z",
  "published": "2025-06-26T21:31:03Z",
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CVE-2025-6533 (GCVE-0-2025-6533)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2025-06-24 00:00

Modified

2025-06-25 15:02

Severity ?

2.9 (Low) - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
5.6 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RC:R
5.6 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RC:R

CWE

CWE-294 - Authentication Bypass by Capture-replay
CWE-287 - Improper Authentication

Summary

References

▼	URL	Tags
	https://vuldb.com/?id.313652	vdb-entry, technical-description
	https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.313652	signature, permissions-required
	https://vuldb.com/?submit.596481	third-party-advisory
	https://blog.0xd00.com/blog/captcha-replay-attack-lead-to-brute-force-protection-bypass	related
	https://blog.0xd00.com/blog/captcha-replay-attack-lead-to-brute-force-protection-bypass#poc	exploit

Impacted products

Vendor

Product

Version

▼

xxyopen

novel-plus

Version: 5.1.0
Version: 5.1.1
Version: 5.1.2
Version: 5.1.3

201206030

novel-plus

Version: 5.1.0
Version: 5.1.1
Version: 5.1.2
Version: 5.1.3

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or seen somewhere by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability is confirmed from an analyst perspective.
Exploited: This vulnerability was exploited and seen by the user reporting the sighting.
Patched: This vulnerability was successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.
Not exploited: This vulnerability was not exploited or seen by the user reporting the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expresses doubt about the veracity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: This vulnerability was not successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.

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