CVE-2017-7673: Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts

July 17, 2017 (updated October 3, 2019)

Apache OpenMeetings uses not very strong cryptographic storage, captcha is not used in registration and forget password dialogs and auth forms missing brute force protection.

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/99587
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7673

Code Behaviors & Features

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