CVE-2023-29005 HIGH

CVE-2023-29005: No Rate Limiting on Login AUTH DB

Vendor Dpgaspar
Product Flask-AppBuilder
Weakness CWE-307 · Brute force
Published April 10, 2023
Last update February 7, 2025
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CVSS base score

7.5/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Flask-AppBuilder versions before 4.3.0 lack rate limiting which can allow an attacker to brute-force user credentials. Version 4.3.0 includes the ability to enable rate limiting using `AUTH_RATE_LIMITED = True`, `RATELIMIT_ENABLED = True`, and setting an `AUTH_RATE_LIMIT`.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

April 10, 2023 CVE published
February 7, 2025 Record updated