VDB-326389 · CVE-2025-8118 · GCVE-0-2025-8118

Polska Akademia Dostępności PAD CMS up to 1.2.1 excessive authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Polska Akademia Dostępności PAD CMS up to 1.2.1. It has been rated as problematic. This affects an unknown function. This manipulation causes excessive authentication. This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-8118. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Polska Akademia Dostępności PAD CMS up to 1.2.1 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function. 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 integrity. The summary by CVE is:

PAD CMS implements weak client-side brute-force protection by utilizing two cookies: login_count and login_timeout. Information about attempt count or timeout is not stored on the server, which allows a malicious attacker to bypass this brute-force protection by resetting those cookies. This issue affects all 3 templates: www, bip and www+bip. This product is End-Of-Life and producent will not publish patches for this vulnerability.

The weakness was shared by Mateusz Jurczak. The advisory is shared at cert.pl. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-8118 since 07/24/2025. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1110.001 for this issue.

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

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Productinfo

Type

Content Management System

Vendor

Polska Akademia Dostępności

Name

PAD CMS

Version

Support

end of life

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.1
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1

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Exploitinginfo

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

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

07/24/2025 CVE reserved
09/30/2025 +68 days Advisory disclosed
09/30/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
11/27/2025 +58 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: cert.pl
Researcher: Mateusz Jurczak
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-8118 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-8118
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-326389

Entryinfo

Created: 09/30/2025 14:21
Updated: 11/27/2025 04:28
Changes: 09/30/2025 14:21 (67), 11/27/2025 04:28 (11)
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