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Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts

CVE-2024-38888

Medium
6.8/10

Summary

An issue in Horizon Business Services Inc. Caterease 16.0.1.1663 through 24.0.1.2405 and possibly later versions, allows a local attacker to perform a Password Brute Forcing attack due to improper restriction of excessive authentication attempts.

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • LOW
  • 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