WBCE CMS Header class.login.php increase_attempts X-Forwarded-For excessive authentication
A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in WBCE CMS. Affected by this issue is the function increase_attempts of the file wbce/framework/class.login.php of the component Header Handler. The manipulation of the argument X-Forwarded-For leads to improper restriction of excessive authentication attempts. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-307. The weakness was released 11/15/2022 as d394ba39a7bfeb31eda797b6195fd90ef74b2e75. The advisory is shared for download at github.com.
This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2022-4006. The attack may be launched remotely. Technical details are available. There is no exploit available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k at the moment. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1110.001.
It is declared as not defined. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.
The name of the patch is d394ba39a7bfeb31eda797b6195fd90ef74b2e75. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
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