HexBrain

Weblate · Report #223337

No BruteForce Protection

Validstatus
mediumseverity
8upvotes
17 May 2017disclosed

How it was found

A common threat web developers face is a password-guessing attack known as a brute force attack. A brute-force attack is an attempt to discover a password by systematically trying every possible combination of letters, numbers, and symbols until you discover the one correct combination that works.

hosted.weblate.org/accounts/login/

This login page doesn't have any protection against password-guessing attacks (brute force attacks). It's recommended to implement some type of account lockout after a defined number of incorrect password attempts. Consult Web references for more information about fixing this problem.

The impact of this vulnerability:

An attacker may attempt to discover a weak password by systematically trying every possible combination of letters, numbers, and symbols until it discovers the one correct combination that works.

How to fix this vulnerability:

It's recommended to implement some type of account lockout after a defined number of incorrect password attempts.

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