CVE-2013-6246

medium

Published 2013-10-24 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

6.0

Description

The Dell Quest One Password Manager, possibly 5.0, allows remote attackers to bypass CAPTCHA protections and obtain sensitive information (user's full name) by sending a login request with a valid domain and username but without the CaptchaType, UseCaptchaEveryTime, and CaptchaResponse parameters.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-38812 remote multiple verified

Johnny Bravo · 2011-10-21

DELL Quest One Password Manager - CAPTCHA Security Bypass

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
dell	quest_one_password_manager	`5.0`

References

CWEs

CWE-264

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.