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Date: May 31, 2023

Bypass IP detection lead to perform brute-force attack in limesurvey/limesurvey. In login function, by default, the IP address will be blocked when the user tries to login incorrectly more than 3 times but we can bypass this mechanism by abuse X-Forwarded-For header to bypass IP dectection and perform password brute-force.

Language: PHP

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Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts

CWE-307

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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): LOW
Integrity (I): LOW
Availability (A): NONE

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