WS-2022-0456
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.
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Contact UsCVSS v4
Base Score:
9.3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
HIGH
Vulnerable System Integrity
HIGH
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
9.8
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Weakness Type (CWE)
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
