Improper Control of Interaction Frequency Affecting django-phone-verify package, versions [,3.2.0)
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- published1 Jan 2026
- disclosed1 Jan 2026
- creditUnknown
Introduced: 1 Jan 2026
CVE NOT AVAILABLE CWE-799 (opens in a new tab)Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) is a category system for software weaknesses
How to fix?
Upgrade django-phone-verify to version 3.2.0 or higher.
Overview
django-phone-verify is an A Django app to support phone number verification using security code sent via SMS.
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Control of Interaction Frequency due to the absence of failed attempt tracking and lockout mechanisms in the validate_security_code method of the BaseBackend class in phone_verify/backends/base.py. An attacker can brute force SMS verification codes by making unlimited verification attempts with different security codes until the correct code is guessed.