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    CVE-2020-28873

    Fluxbb 1.5.11 is affected by a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability by sending an extremely long password via the user login form. When a long password is sent, the password hashing process will result in CPU and memory exhaustion on the server.

    Published:Mar 17, 2021
    Last Modified:Nov 21, 2024
    EPS:Mar 17, 2021
    EPSS Score:0.00138
    CVSS Score:7.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Fluxbb
    Product
    Fluxbb

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-55 Rainbow Table Password Cracking

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High