chatwoot Email Verification excessive authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in chatwoot. Affected is an unknown function of the component Email Verification Handler. This manipulation causes excessive authentication. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2022-3741. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in chatwoot (Chat Software) (affected version not known) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the component Email Verification Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a excessive authentication vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-307. The product does not implement sufficient measures to prevent multiple failed authentication attempts within a short time frame, making it more susceptible to brute force attacks. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Impact varies for each individual vulnerability in the application. For generation of accounts, it may be possible, depending on the amount of system resources available, to create a DoS event in the server. These accounts still need to be activated; however, it is possible to identify the output Status Code to separate accounts that are generated and waiting for email verification. \n\nFor the sign in directories, it is possible to brute force login attempts to either login portal, which could lead to account compromise.

The weakness was released 10/28/2022. It is possible to read the advisory at huntr.dev. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2022-3741 since 10/28/2022. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1110.001 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Applying the patch 9525d4f0346a2fdac13a0253f9180d20104a72d3 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com.

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.6

VulDB Base Score: 3.7
VulDB Temp Score: 3.6
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 9.8
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CNA Base Score: 9.4
CNA Vector (huntr.dev): 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Excessive authentication
CWE: CWE-307 / CWE-799 / CWE-400
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
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Patch: 9525d4f0346a2fdac13a0253f9180d20104a72d3

Timelineinfo

10/28/2022 🔍
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10/28/2022 +0 days 🔍
11/26/2022 +29 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: github.com

Advisory: 9525d4f0346a2fdac13a0253f9180d20104a72d3
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-3741 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-3741
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-212431

Entryinfo

Created: 10/28/2022 16:38
Updated: 11/26/2022 10:00
Changes: 10/28/2022 16:38 (40), 11/26/2022 09:58 (2), 11/26/2022 10:00 (21)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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