CVE-2023-25156

criticalpriority · track · 39EPSS 0.009 · 60 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.91% (60th) EPSS

CVSS 9.8 · critical

Is it mine?

3 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · osv · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Kiwi TCMS, an open source test management system, does not impose rate limits in versions prior to 12.0. This makes it easier to attempt brute-force attacks against the login page. Users should upgrade to v12.0 or later to receive a patch. As a workaround, users may install and configure a rate-limiting proxy in front of Kiwi TCMS.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

9.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 7.5–9.8

v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 5.9

v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · security-advisories@github.comexploitability 3.9 · impact 3.6

v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · OSV

v3.19criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical Impact: partialcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-307USprimaryCWE-307USCWE-770US

affected products (3)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

kiwitcms Kiwi12.0 → 12.0enisa_euvdEU
kiwitcms kiwi tcms< 12.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:kiwitcms:kiwi_tcms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
PyPI kiwitcms< 12.0osvUSpkg:pypi/kiwitcms

advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

GHSA-7968-h4m4-ghm9No protection against brute-force attacks on login page2023-02-15ghsa · osvUS
### Impact Previous versions of Kiwi TCMS do not impose rate limits which makes it easier to attempt brute-force attacks against the login page. ### Patches Users should upgrade to v12.0 or later. ### Workarounds Users may install and configure a rate-limiting proxy in front of Kiwi TCMS. For example nginx. ### References [Disclosed by spyata](https://huntr.dev/bounties/2b1a9be9-45e9-490b-8de0-26a492e79795/)
PYSEC-2026-835No protection against brute-force attacks on login page2026-07-07vendor · osvUS
### Impact Previous versions of Kiwi TCMS do not impose rate limits which makes it easier to attempt brute-force attacks against the login page. ### Patches Users should upgrade to v12.0 or later. ### Workarounds Users may install and configure a rate-limiting proxy in front of Kiwi TCMS. For example nginx. ### References [Disclosed by spyata](https://huntr.dev/bounties/2b1a9be9-45e9-490b-8de0-26a492e79795/)

also known as (6)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd osv nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2023-02-15modified 2026-06-17

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references (13)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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