VDB-213458 · CVE-2022-3945 · EUVD-2022-43279

kareadita kavita 0.5.4.1 excessive authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in kareadita kavita. This vulnerability affects unknown code. Such manipulation leads to excessive authentication. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2022-3945. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in kareadita kavita and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a excessive authentication vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts in GitHub repository kareadita/kavita prior to 0.6.0.3.

The weakness was presented 11/11/2022. The advisory is available at huntr.dev. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2022-3945 since 11/11/2022. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1110.001 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 0.6.0.3 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch f8db37d3f9aa42d47e7c4f4ca839e892d3f97afb is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2022-43279). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Productinfo

Vendor

kareadita

Name

kavita

Version

0.5.4.1

License

open-source

Website

Product: https://github.com/kareadita/kavita/

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 3.7
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.6

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

CVSSv2info

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Excessive authentication
CWE: CWE-307 / CWE-799 / CWE-400
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Upgrade: kavita 0.6.0.3
Patch: f8db37d3f9aa42d47e7c4f4ca839e892d3f97afb

Timelineinfo

11/11/2022 🔍
11/11/2022 +0 days 🔍
11/11/2022 +0 days 🔍
07/22/2026 +1349 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: github.com

Advisory: f8db37d3f9aa42d47e7c4f4ca839e892d3f97afb
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-3945 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-3945
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-213458
EUVD: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 11/11/2022 14:51
Updated: 07/22/2026 20:12
Changes: 11/11/2022 14:51 (40), 12/17/2022 09:02 (2), 07/22/2026 20:12 (16)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

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