CVE-2025-29998 No Rate Limiting Vulnerability in CAP back office application
An authenticated attacker can flood the system with OTP requests due to missing rate limiting, causing denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-29998?
CVE-2025-29998 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Rising Technosoft CAP back office application, published on 13 Mar 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
This vulnerability exists in the CAP back office application due to missing rate limiting on OTP requests in an API endpoint. An authenticated remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending multiple OTP request through vulnerable API endpoint which could lead to the OTP bombing/flooding on the targeted system.
Weakness: CWE-799
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-29998?
How do I fix CVE-2025-29998?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-29998 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2025-29998 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-29998 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-cwqf-2qf9-9mh4.