Pluck CMS 4.7.18 excessive authentication

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Pluck CMS 4.7.18. This affects an unknown part. Such manipulation leads to excessive authentication. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-43042. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability was found in Pluck CMS 4.7.18 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. 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:

Pluck CMS 4.7.18 does not restrict failed login attempts, allowing attackers to execute a brute force attack.

This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-43042 since 08/05/2024. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1110.001.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2024-40023). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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• Content Management System

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• Pluck

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• CMS

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• 4.7.18

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• open-source

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