HexBrain

ReddAPI · Report #6697

No Captcha or rate limit on Login Page

Validstatus
7upvotes
23 Apr 2014disclosed

How it was found

Hello ReddApi Security Team,

#Vulnerability Detail's:- Login page can be brute forced due to lack of captcha or backoff

#Impact:- An attacker can bruteforce for a particular username and can get a possibly a account takeover.

#POC:- I have made a proof of concept video of the same:- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zX0jXkMqiCo The above video is unlisted.

#Countermeasure:- Implement a Captcha

With Regard's Aditya Agrawal

This report was disclosed publicly on HackerOne and belongs to its author and the program. See the original