CVE-2022-35925 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2022-35925

Missing rate limit in Authentication in bookwyrm

Vulnerability Description

BookWyrm is a social network for tracking reading. Versions prior to 0.4.5 were found to lack rate limiting on authentication views which allows brute-force attacks. This issue has been patched in version 0.4.5. Admins with existing instances will need to update their `nginx.conf` file that was created when the instance was set up. Users are advised advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade may update their nginx.conf files with the changes manually.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

References

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Affected Vendor

bookwyrm-social

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Affected Software

bookwyrm
Vulnerable Versions:
< 0.4.5

Timeline

Official Publish: August 2nd, 2022
Last Modified: April 22nd, 2025
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-287

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Initial Access
T1078 Valid Accounts
Persistence
T1556 Modify Authentication Process
Credential Access