VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2020-28873
CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability0.86%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2021-03-17
Last modified2026-07-09
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Description
Fluxbb 1.5.11 is affected by a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability by sending an extremely long password via the user login form. When a long password is sent, the password hashing process will result in CPU and memory exhaustion on the server.
Weakness classification
- CWE-916: Use of Password Hash With Insufficient Computational Effort