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Fencer Vulns
critical 9.8

CVE-2023-3173 json

Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts in froxlor/froxlor

published 2023-06-09 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-chw4-88xc-79w6 , EUVD-2023-1776

cvss
9.8
version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.1%
EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 66%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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

Patch / fix

  • packagist froxlor/froxlor 2.0.20
  • froxlor froxlor/froxlor 2.0.20

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
total
Assessed
22 mo ago

Exploit prediction

1.12% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 66% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • huntr.dev https://huntr.dev/bounties/4d715f76-950d-4251-8139-3dffea798f14 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.0 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
GitHub 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
packagist froxlor/froxlor
<2.0.20
2.0.20

Affected products

  • froxlor froxlor/froxlor

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-307 Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts

References

Sources

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