First published: Thu Oct 24 2019(Updated: )
In Craft CMS before 3.1.7, the elevated session password prompt was not being rate limited like normal login forms, leading to the possibility of a brute force attempt on them.
Credit: cve@mitre.org cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
Craftcms Craft Cms | <=3.1.7 | |
composer/craftcms/cms | <3.1.7 | 3.1.7 |
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The vulnerability ID for this Craft CMS vulnerability is CVE-2019-15929.
The severity of CVE-2019-15929 is critical, with a severity value of 9.8.
Craft CMS versions up to and including 3.1.7 are affected by CVE-2019-15929.
CVE-2019-15929 poses a risk of brute force attempts on elevated session passwords in Craft CMS.
Yes, updating Craft CMS to version 3.1.8 or higher will fix CVE-2019-15929.