CVE-2020-28873
Published: 17 March 2021
Summary
CVE-2020-28873 is a high-severity Use of Password Hash With Insufficient Computational Effort (CWE-916) vulnerability in Fluxbb Fluxbb. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).
Operationally, ranked at the 33.7th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2020-21264
Vulnerability details
Fluxbb 1.5.11 is affected by a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability by sending an extremely long password via the user login form. When a long password is sent, the password hashing process will result in CPU and memory exhaustion on…
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the server.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Information from security contacts highlights password hashing methods with insufficient computational effort, preventing their adoption.