Brute Force Affecting flask-appbuilder package, versions [,4.3.0)


Severity

0.0
high
0
10

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.16% (53rd percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-PYTHON-FLASKAPPBUILDER-5417249
  • published 11 Apr 2023
  • disclosed 10 Apr 2023
  • credit Unknown

How to fix?

Upgrade Flask-AppBuilder to version 4.3.0 or higher.

Overview

Flask-AppBuilder is a simple and rapid application development framework, built on top of Flask. includes detailed security, auto CRUD generation for your models, google charts and much more.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Brute Force due to the lack of rate limiting which will allow an attacker to obtain user credentials.

Workaround

Users who are unable to upgrade to the fixed version can implement rate limiting using a reverse proxy or other strategies.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

7.5 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    None
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NVD

7.5 high