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CVE-2018-8171 — A Security Feature Bypass vulnerability exists in ASP

A Security Feature Bypass vulnerability exists in ASP.NET when the number of incorrect login attempts is not validated, aka "ASP.NET Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability." This affects ASP.NET, ASP.NET Core 1.1, ASP.NET Core 1.0, ASP.NET Core 2.0, ASP.NET MVC 5.2.

CVSS
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EPSS
19.44% (top 4.70%)
CWE
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Published
2018-07-11T00:00:00.000Z
Last modified
2024-08-05T06:46:13.464Z
CVSS vector
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01What is this vulnerability?

A Security Feature Bypass vulnerability exists in ASP.NET when the number of incorrect login attempts is not validated, aka "ASP.NET Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability." This affects ASP.NET, ASP.NET Core 1.1, ASP.NET Core 1.0, ASP.NET Core 2.0, ASP.NET MVC 5.2.

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
MicrosoftASP.NETWeb Pages 3.2.3 on Microsoft Visual Studio 2013 Update 5, Web Pages 3.2.3 on Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 Update 3
MicrosoftASP.NET Core1.0, 1.1, 2.0
MicrosoftASP.NET MVC 5.2Microsoft Visual Studio 2013 Update 5, Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 Update 3

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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