CVE-2025-63807
2Dogz Blogin ≤ 2024-11-09
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HSummary
CVE-2025-63807 is a critical-severity Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts (CWE-307) vulnerability in 2Dogz Blogin. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Brute Force (T1110); ranked at the 40th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to AC-7 (Unsuccessful Logon Attempts) and IA-12 (Identity Proofing) — see the control section below for these in your framework.
Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary
Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.
CVE-2025-63807 is a high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 3.1 score of 9.8) affecting weijiang1994 university-bbs, also known as Blogin, specifically in commit 9e06bab430bfc729f27b4284ba7570db3b11ce84 dated 2025-01-13. The issue stems from a weak verification code generation mechanism combined with the absence of rate limiting, enabling unauthenticated brute-force attacks on verification codes. This flaw is linked to CWE-307 (Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts) and CWE-1390 (Weak Authentication).
Remote attackers require no privileges, user interaction, or special access (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N) to exploit the vulnerability over the network with low complexity. Successful brute-forcing of verification codes can lead to account takeover through password reset flows or other authentication bypass techniques, resulting in high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H).
A detailed advisory on the vulnerability, including potential exploitation details, is available in the referenced GitHub Gist at https://gist.github.com/Rycarl-Furry/3e93c6f0d48a29518adf341e0fc7e2dd. The CVE was published on 2025-11-20.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-198338
Vulnerability Data
An issue was discovered in weijiang1994 university-bbs (aka Blogin) in commit 9e06bab430bfc729f27b4284ba7570db3b11ce84 (2025-01-13). A weak verification code generation mechanism combined with missing rate limiting allows attackers to perform brute-force attacks on verification codes without authentication. Successful exploitation may result in…
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account takeover via password reset or other authentication bypass methods.
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Mitigating Controls
Control response
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- 11 hardening rules · 7 OS baselines
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Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
AC-7 directly enforces limits on consecutive failed logons, structurally blocking brute-force exploitation of the weakness.
Requires identity proofing at appropriate assurance levels before granting accounts, directly addressing insufficient proof of identity.
Requires unique identification and authentication of users, directly stopping weak mechanisms from being used.
Requires device identification and authentication before establishing connections.
Extends strong identification and authentication requirements to non-organizational users.
Mandates proper authenticator issuance, management, and strength to ensure claimed identities are verified.
Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Explicitly requires authentication of users/services/hardware with MFA and password-strength controls.
Identity proofing and binding is a core prerequisite for non-weak authentication.
Behavioral monitoring of authentication activity can detect excessive failed attempts after they occur.
Credential management directly supports stronger authentication but does not guarantee proof of identity.
Generating auth logs enables later detection or forensics but does not itself restrict attempts.
Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Mandating multi-factor and non-password authentication techniques counters the use of inherently weak single-factor or password-only authentication mechanisms.
Strong-password and non-reuse requirements raise the bar against weak single-factor authentication that can be exploited via guessing or credential stuffing.
Hardening callouts derived
Configuration rules from DISA STIG baselines that bear on weaknesses of the type cited by this CVE. Each rule is shown with the relationship its mapping actually records, against the CWE it was authored against. Derived via CVE→CWE over `controls_xwalks` (authoritative rows only; rows rated `none` are excluded).
Oracle Linux 8 (1 rule)
- V-248827 OL 8 must not have the rsh-server package installed. prevents CWE-1390
RHEL 7 (3 rules)
- V-204427 The Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system must be configured to lock accounts for a minimum of 15 minutes after three unsuccessful logon attempts within a 15-minute timeframe. prevents CWE-307
- V-204428 The Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system must lock the associated account after three unsuccessful root logon attempts are made within a 15-minute period. prevents CWE-307
- V-204442 The Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system must not have the rsh-server package installed. prevents CWE-1390
RHEL 8 (1 rule)
- V-230492 RHEL 8 must not have the rsh-server package installed. prevents CWE-1390
Ubuntu 22.04 (1 rule)
- V-260470 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, when booted, must require authentication upon booting into single-user and maintenance modes. prevents CWE-1390
Windows 10 (1 rule)
- V-220865 The Windows Remote Management (WinRM) service must not use Basic authentication. prevents CWE-1390
Windows 11 (1 rule)
- V-253418 The Windows Remote Management (WinRM) service must not use Basic authentication. prevents CWE-1390