CVE-2023-25171
HIGH7.5EPSS 0.77%Denial of service vulnerability on Password reset page
Published: 2/15/2023Modified: 2/18/2024
Also known as:GHSA-7j9h-3jxf-3vrf
Description
### Impact Previous versions of Kiwi TCMS do not impose rate limits which makes it easier to attempt denial-of-service attacks against the Password reset page. An attacker could potentially send a large number of emails if they know the email addresses of users in Kiwi TCMS. Additionally that may strain SMTP resources. ### Patches Users should upgrade to v12.0 or later. ### Workarounds Users may install and configure a rate-limiting proxy in front of Kiwi TCMS such as Nginx and/or configure rate limits on their email server when possible. ### References [Disclosed by Ahmed Rabeaa Mosaa](https://huntr.dev/bounties/3b712cb6-3fa3-4f71-8562-7a7016c6262e)
Affected packages (1)
- PyPI/kiwitcmsfrom 0, < 12.0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
References (6)
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-25171
- PATCHhttps://github.com/kiwitcms/Kiwi
- WEBhttps://github.com/kiwitcms/Kiwi/commit/761305d04f5910ba14cc04d1255a8f1afdbb87f3
- WEBhttps://github.com/kiwitcms/Kiwi/security/advisories/GHSA-7j9h-3jxf-3vrf
- WEBhttps://huntr.dev/bounties/3b712cb6-3fa3-4f71-8562-7a7016c6262e
- WEBhttps://kiwitcms.org/blog/kiwi-tcms-team/2023/02/15/kiwi-tcms-120