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Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts

CVE-2022-45893

Severity High
Score 8.8/10

Summary

Planet eStream before 6.72.10.07 allows a low-privileged user to gain access to administrative and high-privileged user accounts by changing the value of the ON cookie. A brute-force attack can calculate a value that provides permanent access.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • 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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Advisory Timeline

  • Published