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6.1

Securimage: Malicious Code in Email Messages Through User Agent

CVE-2017-14077 · published 8 years ago
Summary

An attacker can inject malicious code into email messages sent by Securimage, a popular CAPTCHA plugin, allowing them to potentially trick users into revealing sensitive information. This could happen when an attacker sends a specially crafted request to the plugin's script. To protect your website, update Securimage to the latest version.

What to do
  • Update dapphp securimage to version 3.6.6.
Affected software
Ecosystem VendorProductAffected versions
composer dapphp securimage < 3.6.6
Fix: upgrade to 3.6.6
– phpcaptcha securimage <= 3.6.4
cpe:2.3:a:phpcaptcha:securimage:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Original advisory text
HTML Injection in Securimage 3.6.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTML into an e-mail message body via the $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'] parameter to example_form.ajax.php or...
HTML Injection in Securimage 3.6.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTML into an e-mail message body via the $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'] parameter to example_form.ajax.php or example_form.php.
References
Fix within
Internet-facing 60 days
Internal At next upgrade
  • Not known to be exploited
  • Needs hands-on effort to exploit (estimated)
  • Gives an attacker partial control (estimated)
Severity
6.1 Medium
Exploitation
<1% chance of attack within 30 days
Type
CWE-94Code Injection
Timeline
Published18 Nov 2017
Updated4 Nov 2026
First seen6 Mar 2026
Sources
GHSA-q6v4-xjp2-8ggv · GHSA
CVE-2017-14077 · NVD
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