CVE-2023-29005
Flask-AppBuilder Has No Rate Limiting on Login AUTH DB
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.30%
Description
### Impact Lack of rate limiting will allow an attacker to brute-force user credentials. ### Patches Ability to enable rate limiting on Flask-AppBuilder >= 4.3.0. Use `AUTH_RATE_LIMITED = True` and `RATELIMIT_ENABLED = True` set the limit itself by using `AUTH_RATE_LIMIT`. Will apply only to database authentication. ### Workarounds Implement rate limiting using a reverse proxy or other strategies.
How to fix CVE-2023-29005
To remediate CVE-2023-29005, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 4.3.0 or later
Is CVE-2023-29005 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 4.3.0
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:H/I:N/A:N |