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CVE-2022-3993 (GCVE-0-2022-3993)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-11-14 00:00 – Updated: 2025-04-30 19:00
VLAI
Title
Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts in kareadita/kavita
Summary
Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts in GitHub repository kareadita/kavita prior to 0.6.0.3.
Severity
9.4 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-04-30 19:00 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-307 - Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
kareadita kareadita/kavita Affected: unspecified , < 0.6.0.3 (custom)
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