053 – Lack of protection against brute force attacks
Description
The system does not have appropriate protection mechanisms against automated attacks designed to guess credentials.
Impact
Obtain the passwords of the application users.
Recommendation
Implement a control to avoid this type of attacks and to ensure that access is not made by a robot. E.g. Captcha, failed attempts blockout, etc.
Threat
Anonymous attacker from the Internet.
Expected Remediation Time
Score 4.0
Default score using CVSS 4.0. It may change depending on the context of the src.
Base 4.0
- Attack vector: N
- Attack complexity: L
- Attack Requirements: N
- Privileges required: N
- User interaction: N
- Confidentiality (VC): L
- Integrity (VI): N
- Availability (VA): N
- Confidentiality (SC): N
- Integrity (SI): N
- Availability (SA): N
Threat 4.0
- Exploit maturity: X