Weakness (CWE)
CWE-405: Amplification
The product does not properly control situations in which an adversary can cause the product to consume or produce excessive resources without requiring the adversary to invest equivalent work or otherwise prove authorization, i.e., the adversary's influence is "asymmetric."
How to prevent it (3 mitigations)
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Architecture and Design
An application must make resources available to a client commensurate with the client's access level.
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Architecture and Design
An application must, at all times, keep track of allocated resources and meter their usage appropriately.
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System Configuration
Consider disabling resource-intensive algorithms on the server side, such as Diffie-Hellman key exchange.
Source: MITRE CWE-405
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Low 2.1
Concrete CMS below 9.5.3 is vulnerable to Authenticated Denial of Service via Unescaped SQL LIKE Wildcards in Keyword Search
Concrete CMS 9 before 9.5.3 did not escape SQL LIKE wildcard characters in the keyword search filters used by the file manager, file folders, and page list, allowing an authenticated user with editor-level or higher privileges to submit a crafted search conta…
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Low 2.7
nGrinder before 3.5.9 allows to set delay without limitation, which could be the cause of Denial of Service by remote a…