CVE-2023-49232
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 · uneditedAn authentication bypass vulnerability was found in Stilog Visual Planning 8. It allows an unauthenticated attacker to brute-force the password reset PINs of administrative users.
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 · high confidenceStilog Visual Planning 8 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in its password reset mechanism that allows unauthenticated attackers to brute-force the PINs used to reset administrative user passwords. The lack of rate limiting or account lockout protections on the password reset endpoint enables automated PIN guessing attacks against admin accounts.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
CVSS 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
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/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 Stilog Visual Planning installation and versionLocate the Visual Planning installation directory and check version information in the application metadata, configuration files, or the application's 'About' interface. Common paths may include the program installation folder or the application's web root.Affected if The installed version is Visual Planning 8.x and the application is accessible over the network.
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Identify password reset endpoint exposureMap the application's web interface and locate the password reset or PIN-based account recovery endpoint. This is typically found in the login page or through the '/reset' or '/recovery' URL paths.Affected if The password reset endpoint is accessible from the network without authentication.
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Verify rate limiting on password reset endpointInspect the web server configuration (e.g., IIS, Apache, or built-in application settings) for rate limiting rules applied to the password reset endpoint. Test by sending multiple rapid password reset requests to observe if the application throttles or blocks the requests.Affected if No rate limiting, throttling, or request throttling is configured, allowing unlimited rapid requests to the password reset endpoint.
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Check account lockout policy configurationReview the application's security settings or Active Directory group policy if integrated, to determine if account lockout after failed attempts is enabled. Look for 'maxFailedAttempts' or 'lockoutThreshold' parameters in the configuration files.Affected if Account lockout is disabled or set to a very high threshold, allowing unlimited failed PIN attempts.
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Test PIN complexity and rotationExamine whether the system generates PINs using cryptographically secure random generation or uses predictable patterns. Attempt multiple password resets to observe if PINs follow a predictable sequence or have sufficient length and entropy.Affected if PINs are short, sequential, or generated using a predictable method.
The environment is affected if Stilog Visual Planning 8 is running and the password reset endpoint is exposed without rate limiting, account lockout protections, or strong PIN generation.
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 rate limiting, account lockout policies, and CAPTCHA on the password reset endpoint; also strengthen PIN generation to use longer, cryptographically random values.
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