# CVE-2022-3741: Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts in chatwoot/chatwoot

> Attackers can brute force login attempts to compromise accounts or cause denial of service by creating excessive unverified accounts.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.4 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 28 Oct 2022
- **Updated:** 9 May 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-wjg3-46v4-3f44

## What is CVE-2022-3741?

CVE-2022-3741 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in chatwoot/chatwoot, published on 28 Oct 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Impact varies for each individual vulnerability in the application. For generation of accounts, it may be possible, depending on the amount of system resources available, to create a DoS event in the server. These accounts still need to be activated; however, it is possible to identify the output Status Code to separate accounts that are generated and waiting for email verification. \n\nFor the sign in directories, it is possible to brute force login attempts to either login portal, which could lead to account compromise.

Weakness: CWE-307 (Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-3741?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Chatwoot Chatwoot.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-3741?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-3741 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-3741 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-3741 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in chatwoot/chatwoot

- [CVE-2025-21628](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-21628/): Chatwoot has a Blind SQL-injection in Conversation and Contacts filters (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2022-0542](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0542/): Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - DOM in chatwoot/chatwoot (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2022-1022](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-1022/): Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Stored in chatwoot/chatwoot (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2021-3742](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-3742/): Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) in chatwoot/chatwoot (high 7.9)
- [CVE-2021-3741](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-3741/): Stored Cross-site Scripting (XSS) in chatwoot/chatwoot (high 7.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-3741 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-3741 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in chatwoot/chatwoot, published on 28 Oct 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-3741 exists.

Affected product: chatwoot/chatwoot. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3741/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3741/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-3741
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-3741
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-3741

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3741/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.