CVE-2025-53968 (GCVE-0-2025-53968)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-22 22:37 – Updated: 2026-01-23 20:11
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Title
EVMAPA Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts
Summary
This vulnerability arises because there are no limitations on the number of authentication attempts a user can make. An attacker can exploit this weakness by continuously sending authentication requests, leading to a denial-of-service (DoS) condition. This can overwhelm the authentication system, rendering it unavailable to legitimate users and potentially causing service disruption. This can also allow attackers to conduct brute-force attacks to gain unauthorized access.
Severity ?
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
EVMAPA EVMAPA Affected: All versions
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Credits
Khaled Sarieddine and Mohammad Ali Sayed reported these vulnerabilities to CISA
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