SB2018062211 - Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts in misp-project MISP
Published: June 22, 2018 Updated: August 8, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018062211
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-12649)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
An issue was discovered in app/Controller/UsersController.php in MISP 2.4.92. An adversary can bypass the brute-force protection by using a PUT HTTP method instead of a POST HTTP method in the login part, because this protection was only covering POST requests.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.