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CVE-2023-29005
No Rate Limiting on Login AUTH DB
High7.5EPSS 0.63%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- GitHub_M
Description
Flask-AppBuilder versions before 4.3.0 lack rate limiting which can allow an attacker to brute-force user credentials. Version 4.3.0 includes the ability to enable rate limiting using `AUTH_RATE_LIMITED = True`, `RATELIMIT_ENABLED = True`, and setting an `AUTH_RATE_LIMIT`.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub_MCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.63% · top 50% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected < 4.3.0
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- PyPIFlask-AppBuilderGHSA-9hcr-9hcv-x6pv (opens in a new tab)
References (2)
- https://github.com/dpgaspar/Flask-AppBuilder/security/advisories/GHSA-9hcr-9hcv-x6pv (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://flask-limiter.readthedocs.io/en/stable/configuration.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-9hcr-9hcv-x6pv (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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