A CWE-307: Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts vulnerability exists that could cause brute force attacks to take over…

published 2023-01-30 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-35586

cvss: 8.6; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.6%; EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 50%
public exploits: 0; none known

A CWE-307: Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts vulnerability exists that could cause brute force attacks to take over the admin account when the product does not implement a rate limit mechanism on the admin authentication form. Affected Products: Conext™ ComBox (All Versions)

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 21 mo ago (2025-02-05)

Exploit prediction

0.63% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 50% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	8.6	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD	3.1	9.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

Schneider Electric Conext™ ComBox

Classification

Weakness

CWE-307 Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts

References

download.schneider-electric.com /files?p_enDocType=Security+and+Safety+Notice&p_File_Name=SEVD-2022-165-03_ConextCombox_Security_Notification.
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2022-32515
NVD CVE-2022-32515

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Summary