CVE-2022-3993 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00652.

Exploitation poc

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Kavitareader	Kavita

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:kavitareader:kavita:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-43322	Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts in GitHub repository kareadita/kavita prior to 0.6.0.3.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/kareadita/kavita/commit/f8db37d3f9aa42d47e7c4f4ca839e892d3f97afb
https://huntr.dev/bounties/bebd0cd6-18ec-469c-b6ca-19ffa9db0699

History

Wed, 30 Apr 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: @huntrdev

Published: 2022-11-14T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-30T19:00:20.634Z

Reserved: 2022-11-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-3993

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:27:53.813Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-11-14T18:15:17.770

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:20:41.630

Link: CVE-2022-3993

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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