Admin access via unlimited login attempts
Published Apr 14, 2025 · Updated Apr 16, 2025
Improper authentication-attempt restriction in ScriptAndTools eCommerce Website in PHP 3.0 allows remote attackers to brute-force admin passwords. The /admin/login.php handler accepts repeated credential submissions without counting failures, delaying retries, or locking the targeted administrator account. No prior authentication or user interaction is required; successful password guessing grants access to the administrative functions exposed by the panel.
Summary
What happened
Improper authentication-attempt restriction in ScriptAndTools eCommerce Website in PHP 3.0 allows remote attackers to brute-force admin passwords. The /admin/login.php handler accepts repeated credential submissions without counting failures, delaying retries, or locking the targeted administrator account. No prior authentication or user interaction is required; successful password guessing grants access to the administrative functions exposed by the panel.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-3556
- Published
- Apr 14, 2025
- Updated
- Apr 16, 2025
- Vendor
- ScriptAndTools
- Product
- eCommerce Website in PHP
- Classifications
- CWE-307, CWE-799, T1110.001
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Apr 14, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 16, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=3.0
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What is affected?
Attacks
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Weakness, pattern, technique
Public exploit references
- No Limit To Authentication Attempts To Admin Login proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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