What is CVE-2020-28873?

CVE-2020-28873 is a high-severity vulnerability in Fluxbb, classified under Use of Password Hash With Insufficient Computational Effort. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2021-03-17.

How severe is CVE-2020-28873?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Fluxbb

CVE-2020-28873

Fluxbb 1.5.11 is affected by a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability by sending an extremely long password via the user login form. When a long password is sent, the password hashing process will result in CPU and memory exhaustion on the server.

EPSS: 0.009 (54.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Fluxbb — versions 1.5.11
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-916 — Use of Password Hash With Insufficient Computational Effort

References

af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 (Product, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-28873?: CVE-2020-28873 is a high-severity vulnerability in Fluxbb, classified under Use of Password Hash With Insufficient Computational Effort. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2021-03-17.
How severe is CVE-2020-28873?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.