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Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts

CVE-2021-3412

Severity High
Score 7.3/10

Summary

It was found that all versions of 3Scale developer portal lacked brute force protections. An attacker could use this gap to bypass login controls, and access privileged information, or possibly conduct further attacks.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
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  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
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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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Advisory Timeline

  • Published