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CVE-2024-3202 — A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in codelyfe Stupid Simple CMS 1.2.4

Medium CVSS 5.9

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in codelyfe Stupid Simple CMS 1.2.4. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Login Page. The manipulation leads to improper restriction of excessive authentication attempts. The attack may be initiated remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier VDB-259049 was assigned to this vulnerability. NOTE: The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

Severity
Medium
CVSS
5.9 (3.1)
Published
2024-04-02
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
software/application
Weaknesses
CWE-307

Affected products

  • codelyfe / stupid_simple_cms

Matched remediation archetype

Authentication bypass and missing authentication

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Check exposure

  • Map every affected endpoint and protocol path, including alternate ports, legacy routes, recovery flows, service accounts, and machine-to-machine access.
  • Confirm which deployments enable the affected authentication mode and whether the interface is reachable from untrusted networks.
  • Review session, token, credential, and proxy trust configuration without attempting account takeover.

Remediate safely

  • Apply the supported fix and centralize fail-closed authentication before protected request handling.
  • Remove default or embedded credentials, rotate affected secrets and sessions, and bind authentication decisions to the intended audience and channel.
  • Add negative tests for alternate routes, malformed or absent credentials, recovery flows, and proxy-derived identity.

Authoritative sources

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