CVE-2026-113710
ApostropheCMS: No Attempt Throttling on Authenticated Password-Change Endpoint Enables Unlimited Current-Password Guessing
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 5.9 Medium
- Published
- Oct 20, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 21, 2026
- Reserved
- Oct 20, 2026
Description
ApostropheCMS is an open-source Node.js content management system. Prior to 4.33.0, the self-service password-change endpoint verifies the current password but does not use the login module’s failed-attempt counter, throttle, delay, or lockout mechanism. An attacker with a valid authenticated session can submit repeated guesses for the current password without receiving a lockout or throttle response. This issue is fixed in version 4.33.0.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 5.9 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N | GitHub_M |
Weaknesses
- CWE-307 Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
apostropheapostrophecms |
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References
- https://github.com/apostrophecms/apostrophe/security/advisories/GHSA-653j-g8j7-gh54
- https://github.com/apostrophecms/apostrophe/commit/9500b8b0e1d630d5e07fbb5fd2c25ed0943845ce
- https://github.com/apostrophecms/apostrophe/commit/f84fd41cbf6c22eb8d0008fc9c25df1f7130b350
- https://github.com/apostrophecms/apostrophe/releases/tag/apostrophe@4.33.0
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