What is GHSA-7968-h4m4-ghm9?

GHSA-7968-h4m4-ghm9 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with High severity. No protection against brute-force attacks on login page

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-7968-h4m4-ghm9 cover?

GHSA-7968-h4m4-ghm9 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2023-25156. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-7968-h4m4-ghm9?

GHSA-7968-h4m4-ghm9 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

Which products are affected by GHSA-7968-h4m4-ghm9?

GHSA-7968-h4m4-ghm9 affects 1 product, including: pip/kiwitcms:\u003c 12.0.

GHSA-7968-h4m4-ghm9HighCVSS 7.5

No protection against brute-force attacks on login page

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

February 15, 2023

Last Modified

February 24, 2023

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2023-25156 →

📋 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

Disclosed by spyata

🎯 Affected products1

pip/kiwitcms:< 12.0

🔗 References (6)

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