Ecosyste.ms: Advisories

Security Advisories: GSA_kwCzR0hTQS03ajloLTNqeGYtM3ZyZs4AAxpq

Denial of service vulnerability on Password reset page

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

Permalink: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7j9h-3jxf-3vrf
JSON: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories/GSA_kwCzR0hTQS03ajloLTNqeGYtM3ZyZs4AAxpq
Source: GitHub Advisory Database
Origin: Unspecified
Severity: High
Classification: General
Published: about 1 year ago
Updated: about 1 year ago

CVSS Score: 7.5
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Identifiers: GHSA-7j9h-3jxf-3vrf, CVE-2023-25171
References:

• https://github.com/kiwitcms/Kiwi/security/advisories/GHSA-7j9h-3jxf-3vrf
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-25171
• https://huntr.dev/bounties/3b712cb6-3fa3-4f71-8562-7a7016c6262e
• https://kiwitcms.org/blog/kiwi-tcms-team/2023/02/15/kiwi-tcms-120/
• https://github.com/kiwitcms/Kiwi/commit/761305d04f5910ba14cc04d1255a8f1afdbb87f3
• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7j9h-3jxf-3vrf

Repository: https://github.com/kiwitcms/Kiwi
Blast Radius: 0.0

Affected Packages