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CVE-2019-15929 — Vulnerability in craftcms/cms — CVE Details

CRITICAL

Craft CMS possibility of brute force attempts

Published May 24, 2022Updated February 16, 2024Source: osv

Summary

In Craft CMS before 3.1.7, the elevated session password prompt was not being rate limited like normal login forms, leading to the possibility of a brute force attempt on them.

Advisory Timeline

  • First published May 24, 2022 (1602 days ago).
  • Last revised February 16, 2024 — 633 days after initial publication.

Remediation

Upgrade to the fixed version using your package manager.

Composer
Update craftcms/cms to 3.1.7 or later
composer require "craftcms/cms:^3.1.7"

After upgrading, run your dependency scanner again to confirm the vulnerability is resolved.

Affected Packages (1)

Affects 1 ecosystem: packagist (1).

PackageEcosystemAffectedFixed In
craftcms/cms
packagist
1.0.26.1, 1.2.0-alpha.2310, 1.2.0-alpha.2312, 1.2.0-alpha.2316 (+474 more)3.1.7

Vulnerability Classification

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) identifiers for this vulnerability type.

CVSS Score Breakdown

What the CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) 9.8 score means for each attack dimension.

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2019-15929?
Craft CMS possibility of brute force attempts This vulnerability has been assigned a severity rating of CRITICAL (CVSS score: 9.8/10).
How do I check if my project is affected by CVE-2019-15929?
CVE-2019-15929 affects craftcms/cms. Use GeekWala's free vulnerability scanner to check your dependencies against CVE-2019-15929 and 200,000+ other known vulnerabilities.

Severity & Exploitability

CVSS Score
9.8

Exploitation is straightforward and causes maximum impact. Patch immediately.

Also Known As

GHSA-wvr4-w6cw-4px8

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