Vulnerability · Published Aug 2, 2022 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2022-35925Missing rate limit in Authentication in bookwyrm

Medium 5.3

In plain English

A medium-severity improper authentication in bookwyrm from bookwyrm-social. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.8% (higher than 78% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.3Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)1.8%top 21.5% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official 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.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
bookwyrm-social	bookwyrm	< 0.4.5

Weakness: CWE-287 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

References

https://github.com/bookwyrm-social/bookwyrm/security/advisories/GHSA-jvp3-mqv8-5rjw x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://huntr.dev/bounties/ebee593d-3fd0-4985-bf5e-7e7927e08bf6/ x_refsource_MISC
https://www.github.com/bookwyrm-social/bookwyrm/commit/7bbe42fb30a79a26115524d18b697d895563c92f x_refsource_MISC