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Missing Critical Step in Authentication in bookwyrm

Critical
mouse-reeve published GHSA-jvp3-mqv8-5rjw Aug 2, 2022

Package

bookwyrm (application)

Affected versions

< 0.4.5

Patched versions

0.4.5

Description

Impact

Lack of rate limiting on authentication views allows brute-force attacks.

Patches

Patched in version 0.4.5. Admins with existing instances will need to update their nginx.conf file that was created when the instance was set up.

Workarounds

Admins can update their nginx.conf files with the changes manually.

References

https://huntr.dev/bounties/ebee593d-3fd0-4985-bf5e-7e7927e08bf6/

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Severity

Critical
9.4
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L

CVE ID

CVE-2022-35925

Weaknesses