Spambam <= 2.1 - Authorization Bypass

Improper Input Validation

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

CVE	CVE-2008-4616
CVSS	High (7.3)
Publicly Published	January 15, 2008
Last Updated	January 22, 2024
Researcher	Jos

Description

The SpamBam plugin for WordPress allows remote attackers to bypass restrictions and add blog comments by using server-supplied values to calculate a shared key.

References

www.wordfence.com

1 affected software package

Software Type	Plugin
Software Slug	spambam (view on wordpress.org)
Patched?	No
Affected Version	<= 2.1
Patched Version

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