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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.6

CVE-2025-6533 json

xxyopen/201206030 novel-plus CATCHA LoginController.java ajaxLogin authentication replay

published 2025-06-24 16 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2025-18961

cvss
5.6
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.6%
EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 46%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in xxyopen/201206030 novel-plus up to 5.1.3. Affected by this issue is the function ajaxLogin of the file novel-admin/src/main/java/com/java2nb/system/controller/LoginController.java of the component CATCHA Handler. The manipulation leads to authentication bypass by capture-replay. The attack may be launched remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
16 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.56% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 46% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • blog.0xd00.com https://blog.0xd00.com/blog/captcha-replay-attack-lead-to-brute-force-protection-bypass referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • blog.0xd00.com https://blog.0xd00.com/blog/captcha-replay-attack-lead-to-brute-force-protection-bypass#poc referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 4.0 6.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
CNA 3.1 5.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R
CNA 3.0 5.6 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R
CNA 2.0 5.1 AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:UR
CNA 4.0 2.9 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
CNA 3.1 5.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
NVD 3.1 5.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CNA 2.0 5.1 AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • xxyopen novel-plus
  • 201206030 novel-plus

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-294 Authentication Bypass by Capture-replay
  • CWE-287 Improper Authentication
  • CWE-307 Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts

References

Sources

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