Improper restriction of excessive authentication attempts in Flask App Builder - CVE-2023-29005
Published: April 10, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU74625
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-29005
CWE-ID: CWE-307
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform brute-force attack.
The vulnerability exists due to missing rate limitation on excessive authentication attempts when using AUTH DB. A remote attacker can perform a brute-force attack and gain unauthorized access to the application.
Affected software
Flask App Builder
How to mitigate CVE-2023-29005
Install updates from vendor's website.
Flask App Builder - update to 4.3.0