CVE-2025-8118 Bruteforce Protection Bypass in PAD CMS
Attackers can bypass brute-force protection in PAD CMS by resetting client-side cookies, enabling unlimited login attempts.
- 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-2025-8118?
CVE-2025-8118 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Polska Akademia Dostępności PAD CMS, published on 30 Sep 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-307
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-8118?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Widzialni Pad Cms.
How do I fix CVE-2025-8118?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-8118 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-8118 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-8118 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Polska Akademia Dostępności PAD CMS
- CVE-2025-7063 Remote Code Execution via Unrestricted File Upload in PAD CMS
- CVE-2025-7065 Remote Code Execution via Unrestricted File Upload in PAD CMS
- CVE-2025-8120 Remote Code Execution via Unrestricted File Upload in PAD CMS
- CVE-2025-8117 Account Takeover via Reset Password Functionality in PAD CMS
- CVE-2025-8121 Blind SQL Injection in PAD CMS
Sources
Also known as GHSA-xphg-w288-5vjw.