Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Apr 30, 2008· Updated Apr 23, 2026

CVE-2008-2019

Description

Simple Machines Forum (SMF), probably 1.1.4, relies on "randomly generated static" to hinder brute-force attacks on the WAV file (aka audio) CAPTCHA, which allows remote attackers to pass the CAPTCHA test via an automated attack that considers Hamming distances. NOTE: this issue reportedly exists because of an insufficient fix for CVE-2007-3308.

Affected products

Simple Machines/Smf
cpe:2.3:a:simple_machines:smf:1.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

securityreason.com/securityalert/3836nvd
www.rooksecurity.com/blog/nvd
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491128/100/0/threadednvd
www.securityfocus.com/bid/28866nvd
www.simplemachines.org/community/index.phpnvd
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42150nvd

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