CVE-2023-25171 Kiwi TCMS has denial of service vulnerability on Password reset page

2023-02-1500:00:00

CWE-770

GitHub_M

www.cve.org

kiwi tcms

denial of service

password reset

vulnerability

cve-2023-25171

rate limits

email server

patch

smtp resources

upgrade

workaround

CVSS3

7.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

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

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

51.3%

JSON

Kiwi TCMS, an open source test management system, does not impose rate limits in versions prior to 12.0. This 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. Users should upgrade to v12.0 or later to receive a patch. As potential workarounds, users may install and configure a rate-limiting proxy in front of Kiwi TCMS and/or configure rate limits on their email server when possible.

CNA Affected

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  {
    "vendor": "kiwitcms",
    "product": "kiwi",
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "12.0",
        "status": "affected",
        "lessThan": "12.0",
        "versionType": "custom"
      }
    ]
  }
]