CVE-2026-111278

NivoCart through 2.5.1 contains a CAPTCHA bypass vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to defeat form protection because the expected code is printed as plain text in the HTML. Attackers can fetch protected forms, extract the captcha_image value with a pattern match, and submit it to automate spam, registrations, reviews, and account deletion requests.

CVSS 4.0

6.9CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS 3.1

5.3CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

EPSS

0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 24% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWE

CWE-804

Published

2026-10-15

Modified

2026-10-16

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

References

• https://github.com/nivocart/nivocart
• https://github.com/nivocart/nivocart/blob/5bc2c3fc7caed9846b58959183f8ccf599cd4399/upload/catalog/controller/information/contact.php#L144-L150
• https://github.com/nivocart/nivocart/blob/5bc2c3fc7caed9846b58959183f8ccf599cd4399/upload/catalog/view/theme/default/template/information/contact.tpl#L43
• https://github.com/nivocart/nivocart/issues/27
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/nivocart-through-2.5.1-captcha-bypass-via-answer-disclosed-in-page-html

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