CVE-2019-17240
CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: October 6, 2019 at 06:32 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:23 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorBludit
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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 40%
Description
bl-kernel/security.class.php in Bludit 3.9.2 allows attackers to bypass a brute-force protection mechanism by using many different forged X-Forwarded-For or Client-IP HTTP headers.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (4)
x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/bludit/bludit/pull/1090x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://rastating.github.io/bludit-brute-force-mitigation-bypass/CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-307
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