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Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts

CVE-2018-12993

High
9.8/10

Summary

onefilecms.php in OneFileCMS through 2012-04-14 might allow attackers to conduct brute-force attacks via the onefilecms_username and onefilecms_password fields.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-307 - Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts

The software does not implement sufficient measures to prevent multiple failed authentication attempts within in a short time frame, making it more susceptible to brute force attacks.

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  • Published