Resource exhaustion in Wbce Cms
CVE-2022-4006
A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in WBCE CMS. Affected by this issue is the function increase_attempts of the file wbce/framework/class.login.php of the component Header Handler. The manipulation of the argument X-Forwarded-For leads to improper restriction of excessive authentication attempts. The attack may be launched remotely. The name of the patch is d394ba39a7bfeb31eda797b6195fd90ef74b2e75. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-213716.
Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 3.7 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.008 (56.2th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 56th percentile — 56.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: +0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- github.com/WBCE/WBCE_CMS/issues/524 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- github.com/wbce/wbce_cms/commit/d394ba39a7bfeb31eda797b6195fd90ef74b2e75 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- vuldb.com/ (Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-4006?
- CVE-2022-4006 is a low-severity vulnerability in Wbce Cms, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 3.7/10. Published 2022-11-15.
- How severe is CVE-2022-4006?
- Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.7 out of 10.