CVE-2026-49953
mediumpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.004 · 29 %ileEUEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Discuz! X5.0 releases 20260320 through 20260610 contains a CAPTCHA bypass vulnerability that allows unauthenticated remote attackers to defeat challenge controls by exploiting limited complexity and predictable character sets in generated CAPTCHA images. Attackers can train a custom optical character recognition model against collected CAPTCHA samples to reliably predict challenge text, bypassing protections on login, registration, and other functionality from automated abuse.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 2.7–6.9
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affected products (1)
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references (10)
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- https://karmainsecurity.com/KIS-2026-10cnnvd
- https://karmainsecurity.com/chaining-bugs-in-discuz-from-race-condition-to-rcecnnvd
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/discuz-x5-0-captcha-bypass-via-predictable-character-setcnnvd
- https://karmainsecurity.com/KIS-2026-10enisa_euvd
- https://karmainsecurity.com/chaining-bugs-in-discuz-from-race-condition-to-rceenisa_euvd
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/discuz-x5-0-captcha-bypass-via-predictable-character-setenisa_euvd
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2026/Jun/4nvd
- https://karmainsecurity.com/KIS-2026-10nvd
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