CVE-2023-25171

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    CVE-2023-25171

    Published: 15 Feb 2023Last Modified: 21 Oct 2026

    Summary: Kiwi TCMS has denial of service vulnerability on Password reset page

    Details: Kiwi TCMS, an open source test management system, does not impose rate limits in versions prior to 12.0. This makes it easier to attempt denial-of-service attacks against the Password reset page. An attacker could potentially send a large number of emails if they know the email addresses of users in Kiwi TCMS. Additionally that may strain SMTP resources. Users should upgrade to v12.0 or later to receive a patch. As potential workarounds, users may install and configure a rate-limiting proxy in front of Kiwi TCMS and/or configure rate limits on their email server when possible.

    References: https://huntr.dev/bounties/3b712cb6-3fa3-4f71-8562-7a7016c6262e, https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/25xxx/CVE-2023-25171.json, https://github.com/kiwitcms/Kiwi/security/advisories/GHSA-7j9h-3jxf-3vrf, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-25171, https://github.com/kiwitcms/Kiwi/commit/761305d04f5910ba14cc04d1255a8f1afdbb87f3, https://kiwitcms.org/blog/kiwi-tcms-team/2023/02/15/kiwi-tcms-120/

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 37a74093e786a7eb156dc6cf46ebd86e448dc9b6
    Fixed -761305d04f5910ba14cc04d1255a8f1afdbb87f3

    Affected versions

    12.0

    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