{"id":"CVE-2026-113710","title":"ApostropheCMS: No Attempt Throttling on Authenticated Password-Change Endpoint Enables Unlimited Current-Password Guessing","summary":"ApostropheCMS is an open-source Node.js content management system. Prior to 4.33.0, the self-service password-change endpoint verifies the current password but does not use the login module’s failed-attempt counter, throttle, delay, or l…","severity":"medium","cvss":5.9,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","cvssSource":"cna","cwe":["CWE-307"],"vendor":"apostrophecms","product":"apostrophe","affected":["apostrophe < 4.33.0"],"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"total","timestamp":"2026-10-21T14:39:48.709726Z"},"published":"2026-10-20","updated":"2026-10-21","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-21T15:53:11.228Z","source":"CVEORG","sourceUrl":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-113710","references":[{"url":"https://github.com/apostrophecms/apostrophe/security/advisories/GHSA-653j-g8j7-gh54","label":"https://github.com/apostrophecms/apostrophe/security/advisories/GHSA-653j-g8j7-gh54"},{"url":"https://github.com/apostrophecms/apostrophe/commit/9500b8b0e1d630d5e07fbb5fd2c25ed0943845ce","label":"https://github.com/apostrophecms/apostrophe/commit/9500b8b0e1d630d5e07fbb5fd2c25ed0943845ce"},{"url":"https://github.com/apostrophecms/apostrophe/commit/f84fd41cbf6c22eb8d0008fc9c25df1f7130b350","label":"https://github.com/apostrophecms/apostrophe/commit/f84fd41cbf6c22eb8d0008fc9c25df1f7130b350"},{"url":"https://github.com/apostrophecms/apostrophe/releases/tag/apostrophe@4.33.0","label":"https://github.com/apostrophecms/apostrophe/releases/tag/apostrophe@4.33.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-653j-g8j7-gh54"}],"tags":["cve.org","ghsa","npm"],"epss":0.0033,"epssPercentile":0.25976,"aliases":["GHSA-653j-g8j7-gh54"],"ecosystem":"npm","patched":["apostrophe 4.33.0"],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-20T18:14:37.217Z","slug":"CVE-2026-113710","body":"## Overview\n\nApostropheCMS is an open-source Node.js content management system. Prior to 4.33.0, the self-service password-change endpoint verifies the current password but does not use the login module’s failed-attempt counter, throttle, delay, or lockout mechanism. An attacker with a valid authenticated session can submit repeated guesses for the current password without receiving a lockout or throttle response. This issue is fixed in version 4.33.0.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `apostrophe < 4.33.0`\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.\n\n## Package advisory (CVE-2026-113710)\n\nAffected packages:\n\n- `apostrophe < 4.33.0`\n\nPatched in:\n\n- `apostrophe 4.33.0`\n\nSource: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-653j-g8j7-gh54","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":33,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":32.5,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}