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Craft CMS possibility of brute force attempts

Critical severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 24, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Feb 1, 2024

Package

composer craftcms/cms (Composer)

Affected versions

< 3.1.7

Patched versions

3.1.7

Description

In Craft CMS before 3.1.7, the elevated session password prompt was not being rate limited like normal login forms, leading to the possibility of a brute force attempt on them.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Oct 24, 2019
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 24, 2022
Reviewed Feb 1, 2024
Last updated Feb 1, 2024

Severity

Critical
9.8
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

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

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2019-15929

GHSA ID

GHSA-wvr4-w6cw-4px8

Source code

No known source code
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