Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-40673

Medium

Published: 04 June 2024

Published
04 June 2024
Modified
15 April 2026
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
EPSS Score 0.0028 51.7th percentile
Risk Priority 13 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-40673 is a medium-severity Improper Control of Interaction Frequency (CWE-799) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 6.5 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked in the top 48.3% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

: Improper Control of Interaction Frequency vulnerability in cartpauj Cartpauj Register Captcha allows Functionality Misuse.This issue affects Cartpauj Register Captcha: from n/a through 1.0.02.

CWE(s)
CWE-799

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.

PL-6 Security-related Activity Planning
addresses: CWE-799

The control requires defining frequency, timing, and approval for security interactions, directly addressing uncontrolled interaction rates.

SC-6 Resource Availability
addresses: CWE-799

Allocation policies inherently restrict interaction frequency, reducing the impact of excessive requests.

SI-8 Spam Protection
addresses: CWE-799

Spam protection explicitly controls interaction frequency by detecting and acting on bulk unsolicited messages from external sources.

References