CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2020-28873

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.

7.8 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 10 / Impact : 6.9

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

Scope

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

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

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:fluxbb:fluxbb:1.5.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2021-03-17 01:15

Updated : 2021-03-22 07:21

NVD link : CVE-2020-28873

Mitre link : CVE-2020-28873

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-916