{"id":"CVE-2025-70129","state":"PUBLISHED","title":"If the anti spam-captcha functionality in PluXml versions 5.8.22 and earlier is enabled, a captcha challenge is generated with a format that can be automatically recognized for art","description":"If the anti spam-captcha functionality in PluXml versions 5.8.22 and earlier is enabled, a captcha challenge is generated with a format that can be automatically recognized for articles, such that an automated script is able to solve this anti-spam mechanism trivially and publish spam comments. The details of captcha challenge are exposed within document body of articles with comments & anti spam-captcha functionalities enabled, including \"capcha-letter\", \"capcha-word\" and \"capcha-token\" which can be used to construct a valid post request to publish a comment. As such, attackers can flood articles with automated spam comments, especially if there are no other web defenses available.","publishedAt":"2026-03-10T00:00:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-03-11T14:45:57.216Z","severity":{"score":5.3,"label":"Medium","version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N","source":"CISA-ADP"},"assigner":"mitre","products":["n/a n/a"],"affected":[{"vendor":"n/a","product":"n/a","versions":[{"version":"n/a","status":"affected"}]}],"references":["https://youtu.be/dD2olE4yMqY","https://github.com/forest4x/vuln-research-public/blob/main/CVE-2025-70129.pdf"],"weaknesses":["CWE-804"],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-29T20:10:04.440Z","source":{"repository":"CVEProject/cvelistV5","path":"cves/2025/70xxx/CVE-2025-70129.json","commit":"556c9d3a8cd17e218bb8e452ba7cd619a384ff47"},"raw":{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2025-70129","state":"PUBLISHED","datePublished":"2026-03-10T00:00:00.000Z","dateUpdated":"2026-03-11T14:45:57.216Z","assignerShortName":"mitre","assignerOrgId":"8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca","dateReserved":"2026-01-09T00:00:00.000Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"If the anti spam-captcha functionality in PluXml versions 5.8.22 and earlier is enabled, a captcha challenge is generated with a format that can be automatically recognized for articles, such that an automated script is able to solve this anti-spam mechanism trivially and publish spam comments. The details of captcha challenge are exposed within document body of articles with comments & anti spam-captcha functionalities enabled, including \"capcha-letter\", \"capcha-word\" and \"capcha-token\" which can be used to construct a valid post request to publish a comment. As such, attackers can flood articles with automated spam comments, especially if there are no other web defenses available."}],"affected":[{"vendor":"n/a","product":"n/a","versions":[{"version":"n/a","status":"affected"}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://youtu.be/dD2olE4yMqY"},{"url":"https://github.com/forest4x/vuln-research-public/blob/main/CVE-2025-70129.pdf"}],"problemTypes":[{"descriptions":[{"type":"text","lang":"en","description":"n/a"}]}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"mitre","orgId":"8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca","dateUpdated":"2026-03-10T19:02:51.942Z"}},"adp":[{"title":"CISA ADP Vulnrichment","metrics":[{"cvssV3_1":{"scope":"UNCHANGED","version":"3.1","baseScore":5.3,"attackVector":"NETWORK","baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N","integrityImpact":"LOW","userInteraction":"NONE","attackComplexity":"LOW","availabilityImpact":"NONE","privilegesRequired":"NONE","confidentialityImpact":"NONE"}},{"other":{"type":"ssvc","content":{"timestamp":"2026-03-11T14:43:52.244393Z","id":"CVE-2025-70129","options":[{"Exploitation":"poc"},{"Automatable":"yes"},{"Technical Impact":"partial"}],"role":"CISA Coordinator","version":"2.0.3"}}}],"problemTypes":[{"descriptions":[{"cweId":"CWE-804","type":"CWE","lang":"en","description":"CWE-804 Guessable CAPTCHA"}]}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"CISA-ADP","orgId":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0","dateUpdated":"2026-03-11T14:45:57.216Z"}}]}}}