icon

We found results for “

WS-2022-0456

Good to know:

icon
icon

Date: November 24, 2022

No rate limiting on the reset password page will lead to a DOS attack and inbox flooding for any user in kiwitcms/kiwi prior to 12.0. An attacker is able to take advantage of the reset password confirmation mechanism and send a large number of emails to anyone , as well as perform a DoS attack by draining the resources of the SMTP service and the web server.

Language: Python

Severity Score

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption ('Resource Exhaustion')

CWE-400

Top Fix

icon

Upgrade Version

Upgrade to version kiwitcms - 12.0

Learn More

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): HIGH

Do you need more information?

Contact Us