{"cve":"CVE-2014-9117","nvd":{"published":"2014-12-06T21:59:02.547","modified":"2026-06-17T00:17:47.440","status":"Modified","description":"MantisBT before 1.2.18 uses the public_key parameter value as the key to the CAPTCHA answer, which allows remote attackers to bypass the CAPTCHA protection mechanism by leveraging knowledge of a CAPTCHA answer for a public_key parameter value, as demonstrated by E4652 for the public_key value 0.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-284"],"references":["http://secunia.com/advisories/62101","http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3120","http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/26/19","http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/27/8","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71321"],"products":["mantisbt:mantisbt"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:34:45.729216538+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2014-9117","score":0.02343,"percentile":0.83649,"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."]}