01 Record
CVE-2019-17240
bl-kernel/security.class.php in Bludit 3.9.2 allows attackers to bypass a brute-force protection mechanism by using many different forged X-Forwarded-For or Client-IP HTTP headers.
LowPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base score3.7 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.0/AC:H/AV:N/A:N/C:L/I:N/PR:N/S:U/UI:N
02 Description
bl-kernel/security.class.php in Bludit 3.9.2 allows attackers to bypass a brute-force protection mechanism by using many different forged X-Forwarded-For or Client-IP HTTP headers.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 39.59% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 98.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2019-10-06 18:32Z7 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 01:33Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2019-10-06
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Low (CVSS 3.7)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AC:H/AV:N/A:N/C:L/I:N/PR:N/S:U/UI:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-307Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication AttemptsBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 5888b495c7d3985f8171ba3ac5d50a5baacab78306a13bb8e52354474dae5988
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- rastating.github.iohttps://rastating.github.io/bludit-brute-force-mitigation-bypass/
- github.comhttps://github.com/bludit/bludit/pull/1090
- packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158875/Bludit-3.9.2-Authentication-Bruteforce-Mitigation-Bypass.html
- packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159664/Bludit-3.9.2-Bruteforce-Mitigation-Bypass.html