CVE-2022-35925
Versions prior to 0.4.5 were found to lack rate limiting on authentication views which allows brute-force attacks.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.70%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
BookWyrm is a social network for tracking reading. Versions prior to 0.4.5 were found to lack rate limiting on authentication views which allows brute-force attacks. This issue has been patched in version 0.4.5. Admins with existing instances will need to update their `nginx.conf` file that was created when the instance was set up. Users are advised advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade may update their nginx.conf files with the changes manually.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.70% probability · 76th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-287, CWE-307
- Affected
- joinbookwyrm/bookwyrm
- Source
- security-advisories@github.com
References
- https://github.com/bookwyrm-social/bookwyrm/security/advisories/GHSA-jvp3-mqv8-5rjwThird Party Advisory
- https://huntr.dev/bounties/ebee593d-3fd0-4985-bf5e-7e7927e08bf6/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.github.com/bookwyrm-social/bookwyrm/commit/7bbe42fb30a79a26115524d18b697d895563c92fPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/bookwyrm-social/bookwyrm/security/advisories/GHSA-jvp3-mqv8-5rjwThird Party Advisory
- https://huntr.dev/bounties/ebee593d-3fd0-4985-bf5e-7e7927e08bf6/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.github.com/bookwyrm-social/bookwyrm/commit/7bbe42fb30a79a26115524d18b697d895563c92fPatch, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.