Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 2, 2022· Updated Apr 22, 2025
Missing rate limit in Authentication in bookwyrm
CVE-2022-35925
Description
BookWyrm is a social network for tracking reading. Versions prior to 0.4.5 were found to lack rate limiting on authentication views which allows brute-force attacks. This issue has been patched in version 0.4.5. Admins with existing instances will need to update their nginx.conf file that was created when the instance was set up. Users are advised advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade may update their nginx.conf files with the changes manually.
Affected products
1- Range: < 0.4.5
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
3- github.com/bookwyrm-social/bookwyrm/security/advisories/GHSA-jvp3-mqv8-5rjwmitrex_refsource_CONFIRM
- huntr.dev/bounties/ebee593d-3fd0-4985-bf5e-7e7927e08bf6/mitrex_refsource_MISC
- www.github.com/bookwyrm-social/bookwyrm/commit/7bbe42fb30a79a26115524d18b697d895563c92fmitrex_refsource_MISC
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