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CVE-2023-25171: Kiwi TCMS has denial of service vulnerability on Password reset page

MediumCVSS 5.9 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 23/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.91% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 60.6% of all records.
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.
  • According to CISA the attack is automatable: targets can be found by mass scanning.
  • Fixed version: kiwitcms (PyPI) 12.0.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to kiwitcms (PyPI) 12.0 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

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 denial-of-service attacks against the Password reset page. An attacker could potentially send a large number of emails if they know the email addresses of users in Kiwi TCMS. Additionally that may strain SMTP resources. Users should upgrade to v12.0 or later to receive a patch. As potential workarounds, users may install and configure a rate-limiting proxy in front of Kiwi TCMS and/or configure rate limits on their email server when possible.

Published
Feb 15, 2023
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
0.9% · 60th percentile

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Action score

23

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
23 / 40 · 5.9 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.9%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
5.9
CNA · GitHub_M
7.5
1.6 point gap

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
kiwitcmskiwi tcms

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (GitHub_M). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • kiwitcms kiwi

    • 12.0 and later · before 12.0affected

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • kiwitcms kiwi tcmsbefore 12.0

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
PyPIkiwitcmsbefore 12.012.0

Same product

kiwitcms: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2023-25156Kiwi TCMS has no protection against brute-force attacks on login page
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2023-30628Kiwi TCMS has command injection vulnerability in changelog.yml CI workflow
    36Monitor
  • CVE-2023-30613Kiwi TCMS unrestricted file upload vulnerability
    36Monitor

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2022-4105Nov 21, 2022 · Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Stored in kiwitcms/kiwi
    21Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2023-22451Jan 2, 2023 · Weak password requirements in Kiwi TCMS
    35Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2023-27489Mar 29, 2023 · Stored cross site scripting via SVG file upload in Kiwi TCMS
    21Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
PyPI:kiwitcms12.0Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

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Patch and commit links

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Not on record for this CVE: EPSS history · researcher credit · variant or chain candidate · public bounty program.

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • No user action is required.
  • Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.

If successful

Confidentiality
none
Integrity
none
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
High
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-770 · Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

nvd-primary

Attack context

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References

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