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Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts

CVE-2022-44023

Medium
5.3/10

Summary

PwnDoc through 0.5.3 might allow remote attackers to identify disabled user account names by leveraging response messages for authentication attempts.

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