Kiwi TCMS has no protection against brute-force attacks on login page

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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-25156",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "Kiwi TCMS has no protection against brute-force attacks on login page",
    "summary": "Kiwi TCMS, an open source test management system, does not impose rate limits in versions prior to 12.0. This makes it easier to attempt brute-force attacks against the login page. Users should upgrade to v12.0 or later to receive a patch. As a workaround, users may install and configure a rate-limiting proxy in front of Kiwi TCMS.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2023-25156",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
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        "GHSA-7968-h4m4-ghm9",
        "PYSEC-2026-835"
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
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              "repo": "https://github.com/kiwitcms/kiwi",
              "type": "GIT",
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                    "source": "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
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            "12.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-25156.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:29.715563523Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://huntr.dev/bounties/2b1a9be9-45e9-490b-8de0-26a492e79795/",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/25xxx/CVE-2023-25156.json",
        "https://github.com/kiwitcms/Kiwi/security/advisories/GHSA-7968-h4m4-ghm9",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-25156",
        "https://github.com/kiwitcms/Kiwi/commit/0ed213fa0ddb7a6dc77e3c3b99e8fc90ccdaf46f",
        "https://kiwitcms.org/blog/kiwi-tcms-team/2023/02/15/kiwi-tcms-120/"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cwe_ids": [
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    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 496602,
  "published_at": "2023-02-15T00:00:00+00:00"
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