kiwitcms/kiwi · Security
No protection against brute-force attacks on login page
- GHSA ID
- GHSA-7968-h4m4-ghm9
- CVE ID
- CVE-2023-25156
- Severity
- high
- Published
- Updated
- CVSS
- 7.5 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS v3
- 7.5 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Description
Impact
Previous versions of Kiwi TCMS do not impose rate limits which makes it easier to attempt brute-force attacks against the login page.
Patches
Users should upgrade to v12.0 or later.
Workarounds
Users may install and configure a rate-limiting proxy in front of Kiwi TCMS. For example nginx.
References
CWEs
- CWE-307 · Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts
References
- https://github.com/kiwitcms/Kiwi/security/advisories/GHSA-7968-h4m4-ghm9 ↗
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-25156 ↗
- https://huntr.dev/bounties/2b1a9be9-45e9-490b-8de0-26a492e79795/ ↗
- https://kiwitcms.org/blog/kiwi-tcms-team/2023/02/15/kiwi-tcms-120/ ↗
- https://github.com/kiwitcms/Kiwi/commit/0ed213fa0ddb7a6dc77e3c3b99e8fc90ccdaf46f ↗
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7968-h4m4-ghm9 ↗