Medium severity · published Apr 28, 2023
CVE-2023-28821
Concrete CMS (previously concrete5) before 9.1 did not have a rate limit for password resets
5.3
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Concrete CMS (previously concrete5) before 9.1 did not have a rate limit for password resets.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 54% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CC
Concrete Cms · Concretecms
before 9.1.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-28821
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-28821
Release Notes
https://github.com/concretecms/concretecms/releases
Vendor Advisory
https://www.concretecms.org/about/project-news/security/concrete-cms-security-advisory-2023-04-20
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