{"id":"CVE-2026-112205","kind":"vulnerability","aliases":["CVE-2026-112205"],"related":[],"title":"WidzialniCMS: login lockout bypassed by dropping cookies, enabling unlimited guesses","description":"WidzialniCMS is vulnerable to Bruteforce Protection Bypass in the login functionality. The cookie-based lockout can be bypassed by omitting the login_count and login_timeout cookies, allowing an unauthenticated attacker to perform an unlimited number of login attempts.\n\n\n\n\nThis issue has been fixed in version 2.5.","summary":"WidzialniCMS's login lockout relies on cookies, and omitting the login_count and login_timeout cookies disables it. An unauthenticated attacker can therefore try an unlimited number of passwords against login.","severity":"medium","cvss":6.9,"epss":null,"exploited":false,"exploited_at":null,"products":[],"ecosystems":[],"tags":["other","php","widzialnicms"],"not_affected_if":["version-2.5-or-later"],"how_to_check":"- Look for the `login_count` and `login_timeout` cookie handling in the WidzialniCMS login code\n- Check the installed WidzialniCMS version is below `2.5`","fix":"- WidzialniCMS: `2.5`","status":"open","published_at":"2026-11-09T13:17:04+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-11-09T13:26:50+00:00","triaged_at":"2026-11-09T13:27:35+00:00","updated_at":"2026-11-09T13:27:35+00:00","category":"other","confidence":0.6,"triage":{"at":"2026-11-09T13:27:35Z","model":"claude-haiku-5-5","output":{"fix":"- WidzialniCMS: `2.5`","reach":"internet","title":"WidzialniCMS: login lockout bypassed by dropping cookies, enabling unlimited guesses","impact":"medium","summary":"WidzialniCMS's login lockout relies on cookies, and omitting the login_count and login_timeout cookies disables it. An unauthenticated attacker can therefore try an unlimited number of passwords against login.","audience":"businesses","category":"other","nicknames":[],"who_cares":["widzialnicms","php"],"confidence":0.6,"fix_status":"available","needs_auth":"no","worst_case":"Unlimited password guessing against login accounts, leading to account takeover","analyst_note":"","how_to_check":"- Look for the `login_count` and `login_timeout` cookie handling in the WidzialniCMS login code\n- Check the installed WidzialniCMS version is below `2.5`","plain_action":"","product_name":"","needs_analyst":false,"not_affected_if":["version-2.5-or-later"],"who_is_affected":"Any WidzialniCMS installation below version 2.5 with a reachable login page is exposed, since the lockout that normally limits guessing can be skipped by omitting two cookies. The sources do not describe a specific configuration or role that changes exposure. Teams on version 2.5 or later are not affected.","user_interaction":"no","product_ecosystem":"","needs_special_setup":"no","severity_if_unknown":"medium"},"cost_usd":0.000704,"input_tokens":4562,"output_tokens":496,"severity_before":"medium"},"analyst_status":null,"analyst_note":null,"search":"'-112205':13A,16A '-2026':12A,15A '2.5':98C 'allow':79C 'attack':40B,82C 'attempt':90C 'base':65C 'bruteforc':55C 'bypass':4A,57C,69C 'cooki':7A,26B,35B,64C,78C 'cookie-bas':63C 'count':31B,74C 'cve':11A,14A 'disabl':36B 'drop':6A 'enabl':8A 'fix':95C 'function':61C 'guess':10A 'issu':92C 'lockout':3A,23B,66C 'login':2A,22B,30B,33B,50B,60C,73C,76C,89C 'number':46B,87C 'omit':28B,71C 'password':48B 'perform':84C 'php':18B 'protect':56C 'reli':24B 'therefor':42B 'timeout':34B,77C 'tri':43B 'unauthent':39B,81C 'unlimit':9A,45B,86C 'version':97C 'vulner':53C 'widzialnicm':1A,19B,20B,51C","nicknames":[],"mitigations":[],"who_affected":"Any WidzialniCMS installation below version 2.5 with a reachable login page is exposed, since the lockout that normally limits guessing can be skipped by omitting two cookies. The sources do not describe a specific configuration or role that changes exposure. Teams on version 2.5 or later are not affected.","tier":"C","verified":{},"analyst_revisit_at":null,"fix_status":"available","audience":"businesses","plain_action":null,"pkeys":[],"ptokens":[],"labels":["medium","other","php","widzialnicms"],"campaign_type":null,"search_a":"'-112205':13A,16A '-2026':12A,15A 'bypass':4A 'cooki':7A 'cve':11A,14A 'drop':6A 'enabl':8A 'guess':10A 'lockout':3A 'login':2A 'unlimit':9A 'widzialnicm':1A","search_b":"'attack':40B 'cooki':26B,35B 'count':31B 'disabl':36B 'lockout':23B 'login':22B,30B,33B,50B 'number':46B 'omit':28B 'password':48B 'php':18B 'reli':24B 'therefor':42B 'timeout':34B 'tri':43B 'unauthent':39B 'unlimit':45B 'widzialnicm':19B,20B","search_c":"'2.5':98C 'allow':79C 'attack':82C 'attempt':90C 'base':65C 'bruteforc':55C 'bypass':57C,69C 'cooki':64C,78C 'cookie-bas':63C 'count':74C 'fix':95C 'function':61C 'issu':92C 'lockout':66C 'login':60C,73C,76C,89C 'number':87C 'omit':71C 'perform':84C 'protect':56C 'timeout':77C 'unauthent':81C 'unlimit':86C 'version':97C 'vulner':53C 'widzialnicm':51C","cause_entry":null,"cause_path":null,"disclosures_checked_at":null,"first_public_at":"2026-11-09T13:17:04+00:00","kev":null,"cvss_vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X","cvss_by":"cvd@cert.pl","poc_count":0,"sources":[{"source":"nvd","external_id":"CVE-2026-112205","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-112205","severity":null,"published_at":"2026-11-09T13:17:04+00:00","modified_at":"2026-11-09T13:17:04+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-11-09T13:26:50+00:00","fetched_at":"2026-11-09T13:26:50+00:00","note":null}],"documents":[],"disclosures":[],"exploit_sources":[],"notice":"Free to read, with fair use of about 60 pages a minute. 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