Account takeover via unrestricted password guessing
Published Feb 12, 2025 · Updated Feb 13, 2025
Missing login rate limiting in MaysWind ezBookkeeping 0.7.0 allows remote attackers to gain account access by guessing passwords. The /api/authorize.json endpoint accepts unlimited repeated password attempts for a supplied login name without throttling or account lockout. Exploitation requires a known login name and network access; a correct guess grants the victim account's privileges.
Summary
What happened
Missing login rate limiting in MaysWind ezBookkeeping 0.7.0 allows remote attackers to gain account access by guessing passwords. The /api/authorize.json endpoint accepts unlimited repeated password attempts for a supplied login name without throttling or account lockout. Exploitation requires a known login name and network access; a correct guess grants the victim account's privileges.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-57603
- Published
- Feb 12, 2025
- Updated
- Feb 13, 2025
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-799, T1110.001
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Feb 12, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 13, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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Attacks
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Public exploit references
- ezBookkeeping login brute-force proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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