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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-8228

A missing rate limit in the Preferred Providers app 1.7.0 allowed an attacker to set the password an uncontrolled amount of times.

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1 Nov 2026, 06:33 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2020-8228

core-osv · Original source

Published 5 Oct 2020, 14:15 UTC

A missing rate limit in the Preferred Providers app 1.7.0 allowed an attacker to set the password an uncontrolled amount of times.

osv:CVE-2020-8228
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-8228",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2020-8228",
    "summary": "A missing rate limit in the Preferred Providers app 1.7.0 allowed an attacker to set the password an uncontrolled amount of times.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2020-8228",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
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      "aliases": [
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      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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              "type": "GIT",
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              ],
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                        "introduced": "1.7.0"
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          ],
          "versions": [
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          ],
          "database_specific": {
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:41.290544557Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://nextcloud.com/security/advisory/?id=NC-SA-2020-033",
        "https://hackerone.com/reports/922470"
      ],
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            ],
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                  },
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                ],
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            ],
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                  },
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                  },
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                  }
                ],
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              }
            ]
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        ]
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    },
    "related_cves": [
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    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 435114,
  "published_at": "2020-10-05T14:15:13.67+00:00"
}