2026-09-14 10:59CVE-2026-79700Joomla
PUBLISHED5.2CWE-807

Joomla Extension - joomshaper.com - Unauthenticated CAPTCHA Bypass via Request-Controlled CAPTCHA Configuration in SP Page Builder Pro 5.1.4 - 6.9.0

Joomla Extension - joomshaper.com - Unauthenticated CAPTCHA Bypass via Request-Controlled CAPTCHA Configuration in SP Page Builder Pro 5.1.4 - 6.9.0 - The optin_form addon read the CAPTCHA type, the expected answer and the enabled flag from the request rather than from the stored addon configuration. Verification reduced to md5($captcha_question) != $captcha_answer with both operands supplied by the attacker, so any value passed.

Problem type

Affected products

joomshaper.com

SP Page Builder (Pro) extension for Joomla

5.1.4 - 6.9.0 - AFFECTED

References

GitHub Security Advisories

GHSA-h565-j474-wg73

Joomla Extension - joomshaper.com - Unauthenticated CAPTCHA Bypass via Request-Controlled CAPTCHA...

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-h565-j474-wg73

Joomla Extension - joomshaper.com - Unauthenticated CAPTCHA Bypass via Request-Controlled CAPTCHA Configuration in SP Page Builder Pro 5.1.4 - 6.9.0 - The optin_form addon read the CAPTCHA type, the expected answer and the enabled flag from the request rather than from the stored addon configuration. Verification reduced to md5($captcha_question) != $captcha_answer with both operands supplied by the attacker, so any value passed.

JSON source

https://cveawg.mitre.org/api/cve/CVE-2026-79700
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