CVE-2025-8118 (GCVE-0-2025-8118)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-09-30 10:04 – Updated: 2025-09-30 19:14 Unsupported When Assigned
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Bruteforce Protection Bypass in PAD CMS
Summary
PAD CMS implements weak client-side brute-force protection by utilizing two cookies: login_count and login_timeout. Information about attempt count or timeout is not stored on the server, which allows a malicious attacker to bypass this brute-force protection by resetting those cookies. This issue affects all 3 templates: www, bip and www+bip.
This product is End-Of-Life and producent will not publish patches for this vulnerability.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-09-30 19:14 UTC
CWE
- CWE-307 - Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts
Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Polska Akademia Dostępności | PAD CMS |
Affected:
0 , ≤ 1.2.1
(semver)
|
guessed |
Date Public
2025-09-30 09:55
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