PT-2011-2892

CVE-2011-1128

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Published

2011-06-21

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Updated

2011-06-29

Description by

CVSS 2.0
7.5
High
MetricsAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Simple Machines Forum (SMF) versions prior to 1.1.13 Simple Machines Forum (SMF) versions 2.x prior to 2.0 RC5
Description The issue is related to the loadUserSettings function in Load.php, which does not properly handle invalid login attempts. This could make it easier for remote attackers to obtain access or cause a denial of service via a brute-force attack.
Recommendations For Simple Machines Forum (SMF) versions prior to 1.1.13, update to version 1.1.13 or later. For Simple Machines Forum (SMF) versions 2.x prior to 2.0 RC5, update to version 2.0 RC5 or later.
Exploitability
Fix
Impacts
Researchers
Vendors
Affected products
Weakness enumeration
CWE-310
Related identifiers
CVE-2011-1128
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