# 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.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.9 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 30 Sep 2025
- **Updated:** 30 Sep 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-xphg-w288-5vjw

## 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 (Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-8118?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 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](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-7063/): Remote Code Execution via Unrestricted File Upload in PAD CMS (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2025-7065](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-7065/): Remote Code Execution via Unrestricted File Upload in PAD CMS (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2025-8120](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-8120/): Remote Code Execution via Unrestricted File Upload in PAD CMS (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2025-8117](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-8117/): Account Takeover via Reset Password Functionality in PAD CMS (high 8.7)
- [CVE-2025-8121](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-8121/): Blind SQL Injection in PAD CMS (high 8.7)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-8118 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-8118 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Polska Akademia Dostępności PAD CMS. 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-2025-8118/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-8118/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-8118
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-8118
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-8118

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-8118/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.