Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-29998

High

Published: 13 March 2025

Published
13 March 2025
Modified
15 April 2026
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v4 8.2 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
EPSS Score 0.0063 70.8th percentile
Risk Priority 17 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-29998 is a high-severity Improper Control of Interaction Frequency (CWE-799) vulnerability in Org (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 8.2 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 29.2% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

This vulnerability exists in the CAP back office application due to missing rate limiting on OTP requests in an API endpoint. An authenticated remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending multiple OTP request through vulnerable API endpoint which could…

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lead to the OTP bombing/flooding on the targeted system.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

Org
inferred from references and description; NVD did not file a CPE for this CVE

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.

addresses: CWE-799

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

addresses: CWE-799

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

addresses: CWE-799

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

References