Headline
GHSA-7j9h-3jxf-3vrf: Denial of service vulnerability on Password reset page
Impact
Previous versions of Kiwi TCMS do not impose rate limits which makes it easier to attempt denial-of-service attacks against the Password reset page. An attacker could potentially send a large number of emails if they know the email addresses of users in Kiwi TCMS. Additionally that may strain SMTP resources.
Patches
Users should upgrade to v12.0 or later.
Workarounds
Users may install and configure a rate-limiting proxy in front of Kiwi TCMS such as Nginx and/or configure rate limits on their email server when possible.
References
Package
pip kiwitcms (pip)
Affected versions
< 12.0
Patched versions
12.0
Description
Impact
Previous versions of Kiwi TCMS do not impose rate limits which makes it easier to attempt denial-of-service attacks against the Password reset page. An attacker could potentially send a large number of emails if they know the email addresses of users in Kiwi TCMS. Additionally that may strain SMTP resources.
Patches
Users should upgrade to v12.0 or later.
Workarounds
Users may install and configure a rate-limiting proxy in front of Kiwi TCMS such as Nginx and/or configure rate limits on their email server when possible.
References
Disclosed by Ahmed Rabeaa Mosaa
References
- GHSA-7j9h-3jxf-3vrf
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-25171
- https://huntr.dev/bounties/3b712cb6-3fa3-4f71-8562-7a7016c6262e
- https://kiwitcms.org/blog/kiwi-tcms-team/2023/02/15/kiwi-tcms-120/
- kiwitcms/Kiwi@761305d
Last updated
Feb 15, 2023
Reviewed
Feb 15, 2023
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
Feb 15, 2023
Published by the National Vulnerability Database
Feb 15, 2023
atodorov published to kiwitcms/Kiwi
Feb 15, 2023
Related news
Kiwi TCMS, an open source test management system, does not impose rate limits in versions prior to 12.0. This makes it easier to attempt denial-of-service attacks against the Password reset page. An attacker could potentially send a large number of emails if they know the email addresses of users in Kiwi TCMS. Additionally that may strain SMTP resources. Users should upgrade to v12.0 or later to receive a patch. As potential workarounds, users may install and configure a rate-limiting proxy in front of Kiwi TCMS and/or configure rate limits on their email server when possible.