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CVE-2022-4006: WBCE CMS Header class.login.php increase_attempts excessive authentication

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2022-11-15 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-400

Description

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in WBCE CMS. Affected by this issue is the function increase_attempts of the file wbce/framework/class.login.php of the component Header Handler. The manipulation of the argument X-Forwarded-For leads to improper restriction of excessive authentication attempts. The attack may be launched remotely. The name of the patch is d394ba39a7bfeb31eda797b6195fd90ef74b2e75. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-213716.

Affected products

• WBCE CMS: all versions

References

• https://github.com/WBCE/WBCE_CMS/issues/524
• https://github.com/wbce/wbce_cms/commit/d394ba39a7bfeb31eda797b6195fd90ef74b2e75
• https://vuldb.com/?id.213716
• https://github.com/WBCE/WBCE_CMS/issues/524
• https://github.com/wbce/wbce_cms/commit/d394ba39a7bfeb31eda797b6195fd90ef74b2e75
• https://vuldb.com/?id.213716

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