No BruteForce Protection

Disclosed: 2017-05-17 18:04:05 By jaypatel To weblate
Medium
Vulnerability Details
A common threat web developers face is a password-guessing attack known as a brute force attack. A brute-force attack is an attempt to discover a password by systematically trying every possible combination of letters, numbers, and symbols until you discover the one correct combination that works. hosted.weblate.org/accounts/login/ This login page doesn't have any protection against password-guessing attacks (brute force attacks). It's recommended to implement some type of account lockout after a defined number of incorrect password attempts. Consult Web references for more information about fixing this problem. **The impact of this vulnerability:** An attacker may attempt to discover a weak password by systematically trying every possible combination of letters, numbers, and symbols until it discovers the one correct combination that works. **How to fix this vulnerability:** It's recommended to implement some type of account lockout after a defined number of incorrect password attempts.
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  • Report ID: 223337
  • State: Closed
  • Substate: resolved
  • Upvotes: 5
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