What is CVE-2018-12649?

CVE-2018-12649 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Misp, classified under Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-06-22.

How severe is CVE-2018-12649?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Misp

CVE-2018-12649

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.

EPSS: 0.015 (71.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Misp — versions 2.4.92
Misp-project Misp — versions 2.4.92
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-307 — Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-12649?: CVE-2018-12649 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Misp, classified under Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-06-22.
How severe is CVE-2018-12649?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.