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Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts

CVE-2026-11779

Medium
5.3/10

Summary

An Improper Authorization vulnerability exists in PayloadCMS due to insufficient access control on the account unlock operation.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • LOW

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