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Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts

CVE-2022-43377

High
7.5/10

Summary

A CWE-307: Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts vulnerability exists that could cause account takeover when a brute force attack is performed on the account. Affected Products: NetBotz 4 - 355/450/455/550/570 (V4.7.0 and prior)

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

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