CVE-2023-49810: Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts

January 10, 2024 (updated January 12, 2024)

A login attempt restriction bypass vulnerability exists in the checkLoginAttempts functionality of WWBN AVideo dev master commit 15fed957fb. A specially crafted HTTP request can lead to captcha bypass, which can be abused by an attacker to brute force user credentials. An attacker can send a series of HTTP requests to trigger this vulnerability.

References

github.com/WWBN/AVideo/commit/15fed957fb64b4055158acfc449bd7974346edb5
github.com/advisories/GHSA-v977-h4hm-rrff
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-49810
talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2023-1898

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