{"answers":{"affected":"3 open source packages ship an affected version, including kiwitcms. It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-25171 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Upgrade kiwitcms to 12.0 or later.","what":"CVE-2023-25171 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in kiwitcms kiwi, published on 15 Feb 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2023-25171 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2023-25171 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in kiwitcms kiwi, published on 15 Feb 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-25171 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected packages and fixed versions:\n- kiwitcms (PyPI): affected all versions; fixed in 12.0\n- kiwitcms (PyPI): affected all versions; fixed in 12.0\n- kiwitcms (PyPI): affected all versions; fixed in 12.0\n\nTask:\n1. 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.\n2. 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.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-25171/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-25171/index.md)","id":"CVE-2023-25171","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-25171/index.md","name":"CVE-2023-25171","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-7j9h-3jxf-3vrf","PYSEC-2026-836"],"analysis":{"component_type":"web_application","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["denial_of_service"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Test management system","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Attackers can cause denial of service by flooding the password reset page with requests, straining SMTP resources.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"denial_of_service"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"GitHub_M","cpe":[{"product":"kiwi_tcms","vendor":"kiwitcms"}],"cvss":{"score":7.5,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-770","name":"Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling"}],"description":"Kiwi TCMS, an open source test management system, does not impose rate limits in versions prior to 12.0. This makes it easier to attempt denial-of-service attacks against the Password reset page. An attacker could potentially send a large number of emails if they know the email addresses of users in Kiwi TCMS. Additionally that may strain SMTP resources. Users should upgrade to v12.0 or later to receive a patch. As potential workarounds, users may install and configure a rate-limiting proxy in front of Kiwi TCMS and/or configure rate limits on their email server when possible.","ecosystems":["PyPI"],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"Kiwi TCMS has denial of service vulnerability on Password reset page","id":"CVE-2023-25171","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":"PyPI","product":null,"products":[],"type":"denial_of_service","year":"2023"},"n_packages":3,"n_references":4,"next":{"headline":"Discourse vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting - user name displayed on post","id":"CVE-2023-25172"},"packages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","fixed":["12.0"],"introduced":["0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"kiwitcms","purl":null,"source":"GHSA-7j9h-3jxf-3vrf"},{"ecosystem":"PyPI","fixed":["12.0"],"introduced":["0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"kiwitcms","purl":"pkg:pypi/kiwitcms","source":"GHSA-7j9h-3jxf-3vrf"},{"ecosystem":"PyPI","fixed":["12.0"],"introduced":["0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"kiwitcms","purl":"pkg:pypi/kiwitcms","source":"PYSEC-2026-836"}],"prev":{"headline":"PrestaShop has possible CSRF token fixation","id":"CVE-2023-25170"},"products":["kiwi"],"published":"2023-02-15","related":[{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Kiwi TCMS has command injection vulnerability in changelog.yml CI workflow","id":"CVE-2023-30628","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-04-24"},{"cvss_score":8.1,"headline":"Kiwi TCMS's misconfigured HTTP headers allow stored XSS execution with Firefox","id":"CVE-2023-36809","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-07-05"},{"cvss_score":8.1,"headline":"Stored cross site scripting (XSS) via unrestricted file upload in Kiwi TCMS","id":"CVE-2023-33977","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-06-06"},{"cvss_score":8.1,"headline":"kiwitcms vulnerable to stored XSS via unrestricted files upload","id":"CVE-2023-32686","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-05-27"},{"cvss_score":8.1,"headline":"Kiwi TCMS unrestricted file upload vulnerability","id":"CVE-2023-30613","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-04-24"},{"cvss_score":7.6,"headline":"Stored cross site scripting via SVG file upload in Kiwi TCMS","id":"CVE-2023-27489","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-03-29"},{"cvss_score":7.5,"headline":"Kiwi TCMS has no protection against brute-force attacks on login page","id":"CVE-2023-25156","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-02-15"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CC BY 4.0","name":"GitHub Advisory Database","prefix":"GHSA"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CC BY 4.0","name":"PyPA Advisory Database","prefix":"PYSEC"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"yes","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"partial"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2025-03-10","vendors":["kiwitcms"]},"summary":"Attackers can cause denial of service by flooding the password reset page with requests, straining SMTP resources.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-25171/"}