CVE-2025-8118 MEDIUM

CVE-2025-8118: Bruteforce Protection Bypass in PAD CMS

Vendor Polska Akademia Dostępności
Product PAD CMS
Weakness CWE-307 · Brute force
Published September 30, 2025
Last update September 30, 2025

CVSS base score

6.9/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality
Integrity

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

September 30, 2025 CVE published
September 30, 2025 Record updated