Vulnerability CVE-2011-1128
Published: 2011-06-20   Modified: 2012-02-13

Description:
The loadUserSettings function in Load.php in Simple Machines Forum (SMF) before 1.1.13, and 2.x before 2.0 RC5, does not properly handle invalid login attempts, which might make it easier for remote attackers to obtain access or cause a denial of service via a brute-force attack.

Type:

CWE-310

 (Cryptographic Issues)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.5/10
6.4/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Simplemachines -> SMF 

 References:
http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=421547.0
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/02/4
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/22/17
http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/downloads/smf_patch_2.0-RC4_security.zip
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