Uncontrolled resource consumption in e-SIC Livre CAPTCHA generator
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-400.
Summary
e-SIC Livre (esiclivre) v0.2.2 and earlier is affected. Its CAPTCHA image generator in restrito/inc/captcha.php uses user-supplied parameters without validation (CWE-400). A remote attacker without privileges or user interaction can exhaust server memory and CPU, causing a denial of service.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
Description from the CNA
e-SIC Livre (esiclivre) v0.2.2 and earlier contains an uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability in restrito/inc/captcha.php. The application uses user-supplied parameters (l, a, tf, ql) without validation to generate CAPTCHA images, allowing remote attackers to cause denial of service via excessive memory and CPU consumption.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
The sources list no fixed version for e-SIC Livre (esiclivre).
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
Timeline
- 2026-10-23 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-50787
- 2026-10-23 Alias added: GHSA-x2cv-c5p2-8w76
- 2026-10-26 CVSS score added · CISA ADP
- 2026-10-26 Weakness changed · CISA ADP
- 2026-10-26 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
Sources
- CVE-2026-50787 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-50787 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-x2cv-c5p2-8w76 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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