CVE-2023-3605
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedA vulnerability was found in PHPGurukul Online Shopping Portal 1.0. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Registration Page. The manipulation leads to improper restriction of excessive authentication attempts. The attack can be launched remotely. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-233467.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceThe registration page in PHPGurukul Online Shopping Portal 1.0 lacks proper controls to restrict excessive authentication attempts, allowing remote attackers to potentially brute-force or spam account creation without detection.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 1.0CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Confirm PHPGurukul Online Shopping Portal installationLocate the application files on the web server. Look for directories containing 'phpgurukul' or 'onlineshopping' in the web root.Affected if The application is present and corresponds to PHPGurukul Online Shopping Portal.
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Verify the installed version is 1.0Check version files, README files, or meta information within the application for the version number. Compare against the affected version range.Affected if The installed version is exactly 1.0.
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Inspect registration page for CAPTCHA implementationLocate the user registration script (commonly named registration.php, register.php, or similar in the application). Examine the source code for CAPTCHA or similar challenge mechanisms that prevent automated submissions.Affected if The registration page contains no CAPTCHA or anti-automation challenge code.
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Check for rate limiting on registration endpointReview server configuration (e.g., Apache .htaccess, Nginx config) or application-level code for rate limiting, throttling, or account lockout logic applied to the registration functionality.Affected if No rate limiting or account lockout mechanisms are configured for the registration endpoint.
The user is affected if PHPGurukul Online Shopping Portal version 1.0 is installed and the registration page lacks both CAPTCHA and rate limiting controls.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataImplement CAPTCHA, rate limiting, and account lockout mechanisms on the registration page to prevent automated and excessive authentication attempts.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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