CVE-2023-3173

criticalpriority · track · 39EPSS 0.011 · 66 %ileDEEUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

1.13% (66th) EPSS

CVSS 9.8 · critical

Is it mine?

5 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · cert_bund · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts in GitHub repository froxlor/froxlor prior to 2.0.20.

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

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

v3.09.8criticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.09.8criticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · security@huntr.devexploitability 3.9 · impact 5.9

v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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: poc · Automatable: yes · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-307USprimaryCWE-307US

affected products (5)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Open Source Froxlor <2.3.7all versionscert_bundDE
Open Source Froxlor< 2.3.7cert_bundDE
froxlor froxlor/froxlorunspecified → 2.0.20enisa_euvdEU
froxlor froxlor< 2.0.20nvdUScpe:2.3:a:froxlor:froxlor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Packagist froxlor/froxlor< 2.0.20osvUSpkg:composer/froxlor/froxlor

advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2026-1737Froxlor: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2026-05-28csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Froxlor ausnutzen, um seine Privilegien zu erhöhen, um Informationen offenzulegen, um Dateien zu manipulieren, und um Sicherheitsvorkehrungen zu umgehen.
GHSA-chw4-88xc-79w6Froxlor vulnerable to Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts2023-06-09ghsa · osvUS
Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts in GitHub repository froxlor/froxlor prior to 2.0.20.

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd cert_bund nvd osv NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2023-06-09modified 2026-06-17

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references (8)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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