CVE-2020-28873

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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.

7.5 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.8 /10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References
Link Resource
http://fluxbb.com Product
https://www.acunetix.com/vulnerabilities/web/long-password-denial-of-service/#:~:text=By%20sending%20a%20very%20long%2Ca%20vulnerable%20password%20hashing%20implementation
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:fluxbb:fluxbb:1.5.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
History

07 Nov 2023, 03:21

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
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  • () https://www.acunetix.com/vulnerabilities/web/long-password-denial-of-service/#:~:text=By%20sending%20a%20very%20long%2Ca%20vulnerable%20password%20hashing%20implementation -
Information

Published : 2021-03-17 13:15

Updated : 2023-11-07 03:21

NVD link : CVE-2020-28873

Mitre link : CVE-2020-28873

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Products Affected

fluxbb

  • fluxbb
CWE
CWE-916

Use of Password Hash With Insufficient Computational Effort