Comment flooding via reusable CAPTCHA verification
Published Aug 18, 2025 · Updated Aug 18, 2025
Authentication bypass in ZHENFENG13's blogging application 1.0.0 allows remote attackers to flood comments with a reused CAPTCHA response. The /blog/comment handler accepts the same verification code repeatedly instead of refreshing or invalidating it after submission. No authentication is required; repeated comment posts can exhaust database resources and interrupt the service.
Summary
What happened
Authentication bypass in ZHENFENG13's blogging application 1.0.0 allows remote attackers to flood comments with a reused CAPTCHA response. The /blog/comment handler accepts the same verification code repeatedly instead of refreshing or invalidating it after submission. No authentication is required; repeated comment posts can exhaust database resources and interrupt the service.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-9100
- Published
- Aug 18, 2025
- Updated
- Aug 18, 2025
- Vendor
- ZHENFENG13
- Product
- My-Blog
- Classifications
- CWE-287, CWE-294, T1499
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Aug 18, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 18, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=1.0.0
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Public exploit references
- CAPTCHA reuse proof of conceptproof of concept · unverified
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