CVE-2021-31646
Published: 26 April 2021
Summary
CVE-2021-31646 is a critical-severity Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts (CWE-307) vulnerability in Gestsup Gestsup. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).
Operationally, ranked in the top 30.4% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2021-18534
Vulnerability details
Gestsup before 3.2.10 allows account takeover through the password recovery functionality (remote). The affected component is the file forgot_pwd.php - it uses a weak algorithm for the generation of password recovery tokens (the PHP uniqueid function), allowing a brute force…
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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.
This control directly enforces limits on consecutive invalid logon attempts and automatic response (e.g., lockout) to prevent brute-force exploitation of authentication mechanisms.
Specific conditions can include excessive failed attempts, triggering stronger authentication that restricts brute-force exploitation.