{"cve":"CVE-2008-3573","nvd":{"published":"2008-08-10T20:41:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:56:04.690","status":"Modified","description":"The CAPTCHA implementation in (1) Pligg 9.9.5 and possibly (2) Francisco Burzi PHP-Nuke 8.1 provides a critical random number (the ts_random value) within the URL in the SRC attribute of an IMG element, which allows remote attackers to pass the CAPTCHA test via a calculation that combines this value with the current date and the HTTP User-Agent string.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-189","CWE-264"],"references":["http://www.rooksecurity.com/blog/?p=17","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30518","https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44192","http://www.rooksecurity.com/blog/?p=17","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30518"],"products":["php-nuke:php-nuke","pligg:pligg"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:52:44.811608366+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2008-3573","score":0.0195,"percentile":0.80222,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}