Admin access via unrestricted password guessing
Published Aug 8, 2025 · Updated Aug 12, 2025
Improper authentication throttling in macrozheng mall 1.0.3 allows remote attackers to gain admin access by guessing passwords. The Admin Login endpoint accepts repeated password attempts without rate limiting or lockout, while response lengths distinguish successful and failed attempts. Unauthenticated network access to the login endpoint is sufficient, although compromise requires discovery of a valid administrator password.
Summary
What happened
Improper authentication throttling in macrozheng mall 1.0.3 allows remote attackers to gain admin access by guessing passwords. The Admin Login endpoint accepts repeated password attempts without rate limiting or lockout, while response lengths distinguish successful and failed attempts. Unauthenticated network access to the login endpoint is sufficient, although compromise requires discovery of a valid administrator password.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-8742
- Published
- Aug 8, 2025
- Updated
- Aug 12, 2025
- Vendor
- macrozheng
- Product
- mall
- Classifications
- CWE-307, CWE-799, T1110.001
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Aug 8, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 12, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=1.0.3
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Attacks
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Weakness, pattern, technique
Public exploit references
- Admin Login password-guessing verificationproof of concept · demonstrated
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