stoatchat before 0.15.5 fails to enforce account-level attempt limits on MFA login challenges, allowing attackers who know a password to guess TOTP codes with only IP-based rate limiting. Attackers c…
Medium CVSS 6.5
Summary
stoatchat before 0.15.5 fails to enforce account-level attempt limits on MFA login challenges, allowing attackers who know a password to guess TOTP codes with only IP-based rate limiting. Attackers can reuse MFA challenge tickets across multiple failed attempts and distribute guesses across IP addresses to bypass rate limiting and gain account access.
In-depth triage
No in-depth report has been generated yet (DR-003 v2 AI pipeline is under construction).
Sources
- NVD DATABASE
Original Links
- https://github.com/stoatchat/stoatchat/security/advisories/GHSA-6877-g673-f5r8
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/stoatchat-before-0.15.5-mfa-brute-force-via-insufficient-rate-limiting
Timeline
- nvd_ingest NVD