CVE-2025-8742 macrozheng mall Admin Login excessive authentication

Medium 6.3 Published Updated

Attackers can bypass login rate limits in the macrozheng mall admin interface, potentially enabling brute-force attacks to take over administrator accounts.

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-2025-8742?

CVE-2025-8742 is a medium-severity vulnerability in macrozheng mall, published on 8 Aug 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A vulnerability was found in macrozheng mall 1.0.3. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Admin Login. The manipulation leads to improper restriction of excessive authentication attempts. The attack may be launched remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

Weakness: CWE-799, CWE-307

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-8742?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Macrozheng Mall.

How do I fix CVE-2025-8742?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-8742 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2025-8742 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-8742 exists.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-mhxh-7p9w-pvcq.

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