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Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts

CVE-2025-3556

Medium
6.3/10

Summary

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in ScriptAndTools eCommerce-website-in-PHP 3.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file /admin/login.php. The manipulation leads to improper restriction of excessive authentication attempts. The attack can be launched remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

  • HIGH
  • 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