7.5
HIGH
CVE-2023-38492
"Kirby Password Length Validation Weakness"
Description

Kirby is a content management system. A vulnerability in versions prior to 3.5.8.3, 3.6.6.3, 3.7.5.2, 3.8.4.1, and 3.9.6 affects all Kirby sites with user accounts (unless Kirby's API and Panel are disabled in the config). The real-world impact of this vulnerability is limited, however we still recommend to update to one of the patch releases because they also fix more severe vulnerabilities. Kirby's authentication endpoint did not limit the password length. This allowed attackers to provide a password with a length up to the server's maximum request body length. Validating that password against the user's actual password requires hashing the provided password, which requires more CPU and memory resources (and therefore processing time) the longer the provided password gets. This could be abused by an attacker to cause the website to become unresponsive or unavailable. Because Kirby comes with a built-in brute force protection, the impact of this vulnerability is limited to 10 failed logins from each IP address and 10 failed logins for each existing user per hour. The problem has been patched in Kirby 3.5.8.3, 3.6.6.3, 3.7.5.2, 3.8.4.1, and 3.9.6. In all of the mentioned releases, the maintainers have added password length limits in the affected code so that passwords longer than 1000 bytes are immediately blocked, both when setting a password and when logging in.

INFO

Published Date :

July 27, 2023, 4:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Aug. 3, 2023, 1:35 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2023-38492 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Getkirby kirby
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2023-38492.

URL Resource
https://github.com/getkirby/kirby/commit/0e10ce3b0c2b88656564b8ff518ddc99136ac43e Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/getkirby/kirby/releases/tag/3.5.8.3 Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/getkirby/kirby/releases/tag/3.6.6.3 Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/getkirby/kirby/releases/tag/3.7.5.2 Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/getkirby/kirby/releases/tag/3.8.4.1 Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/getkirby/kirby/releases/tag/3.9.6 Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/getkirby/kirby/security/advisories/GHSA-3v6j-v3qc-cxff Third Party Advisory

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2023-38492 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 03, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/getkirby/kirby/commit/0e10ce3b0c2b88656564b8ff518ddc99136ac43e No Types Assigned https://github.com/getkirby/kirby/commit/0e10ce3b0c2b88656564b8ff518ddc99136ac43e Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/getkirby/kirby/releases/tag/3.5.8.3 No Types Assigned https://github.com/getkirby/kirby/releases/tag/3.5.8.3 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/getkirby/kirby/releases/tag/3.6.6.3 No Types Assigned https://github.com/getkirby/kirby/releases/tag/3.6.6.3 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/getkirby/kirby/releases/tag/3.7.5.2 No Types Assigned https://github.com/getkirby/kirby/releases/tag/3.7.5.2 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/getkirby/kirby/releases/tag/3.8.4.1 No Types Assigned https://github.com/getkirby/kirby/releases/tag/3.8.4.1 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/getkirby/kirby/releases/tag/3.9.6 No Types Assigned https://github.com/getkirby/kirby/releases/tag/3.9.6 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/getkirby/kirby/security/advisories/GHSA-3v6j-v3qc-cxff No Types Assigned https://github.com/getkirby/kirby/security/advisories/GHSA-3v6j-v3qc-cxff Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-770
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:getkirby:kirby:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3.5.0 up to (excluding) 3.5.8.3 *cpe:2.3:a:getkirby:kirby:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3.6.0 up to (excluding) 3.6.6.3 *cpe:2.3:a:getkirby:kirby:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3.7.0 up to (excluding) 3.7.5.2 *cpe:2.3:a:getkirby:kirby:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3.8.0 up to (excluding) 3.8.4.1 *cpe:2.3:a:getkirby:kirby:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3.9.0 up to (excluding) 3.9.6
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.24 }} 0.02%

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0.62298

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