Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts in MISP - CVE-2018-12649
Published: June 22, 2018 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU37017
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-12649
CWE-ID: CWE-307
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: misp-project.org
Affected software:
MISP
MISP
Detailed vulnerability description
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-12649
Install update from vendor's website.