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Medium

LibreNMS vulnerable to rate limiting bypass on login page

  • Disclosed: 17.11.2023
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 10:22

Summary

Application is using two login methods and one of them is using GET request for authentication. There is no rate limiting security feature at GET request or backend is not validating that.

PoC

Go to /?username=admin&password=password&submit= Capture request in Burpsuite intruder and add payload marker at password parameter value. Start the attack after adding your password list We have added 74 passwords Check screenshot for more info <img width="1241" alt="Screenshot 2023-11-06 at 8 55 19 PM" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/31764504/280905148-42274f1e-f869-4145-95b4-71c0bffde3a0.png">

Impact

An attacker can Bruteforce user accounts and using GET request for authentication is not recommended because certain web servers logs all requests in old logs which can also store victim user credentials.

Affected software

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Composer package librenms/librenms < 23.11.0 23.11.0

References

CVSS score 5.3/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-307, CWE-770
Platform
Composer
Package
librenms/librenms
Disclosed
17.11.2023
Updated
11.10.2026 10:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-rq42-58qf-v3qx - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: librenms/librenms

All published vulnerabilities of this package (Composer package), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

All (106) in the archive
Total entries
106
First → latest
10.2019 08.2026
Without a fix
6
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • Critical 5
  • High 39
  • Medium 56
  • Low 6

Disclosures per year

Severity:
  1. LibreNMS vulnerable to rate limiting bypass on login page this entry
    Medium · 5.3 CVE-2023-46745 < 23.11.0 23.11.0
  2. LibreNMS — Stored XSS via SNMP/Syslog Data in Legacy Templates
    High · 7.1 CVE-2026-84192 < 26.5.0 26.5.0
  3. LibreNMS: SSRF-driven stored XSS via Oxidized API response fields in device showconfig page
    High · 8.1 CVE-2026-84189 < 26.7.0 26.7.0
  4. LibreNMS Vulnerable to Remote Code Execution by Signal Alert Transportation module
    High CVE-2026-55182 >= 21.6.0, < 26.5.0 26.5.0
  5. LibreNMS is Vulnerable to Remote Code Execution by Arbitrary File Write
    High CVE-2026-6204 >= 1.48, < 26.3.0 26.3.0
  6. LibreNMS has a Time-Based Blind SQL Injection in address-search.inc.php
    High · 8.8 CVE-2026-26990 < 26.2.0 26.2.0
  7. LibreNMS: SQL Injection in ajax_table.php spreads through a covert data stream.
    High CVE-2026-26988 < 26.2.0 26.2.0
  8. LibreNMS contains an authenticated SQL Injection vulnerability
    High · 7.1 CVE-2020-36947 <= 1.46 no fix
  9. LibreNMS has Authenticated Remote File Inclusion in ajax_form.php that Allows RCE
    High · 7.5 CVE-2025-54138 < 25.7.0 25.7.0
  10. LibreNMS has a Stored XSS ('Cross-site Scripting') in librenms/includes/html/pages/device/services.inc.php
    High · 7.5 CVE-2024-52526 < 24.10.0 24.10.0
  11. LibreNMS has an Authenticated OS Command Injection
    Critical · 9.1 CVE-2024-51092 < 24.10.0 24.10.0
  12. LibreNMS has a Stored XSS ('Cross-site Scripting') in librenms/includes/html/print-customoid.php
    High · 7.5 CVE-2024-51497 < 24.10.0 24.10.0
  13. LibreNMS has a Reflected XSS ('Cross-site Scripting') in librenms/includes/html/pages/wireless.inc.php
    High · 7.5 CVE-2024-51496 < 24.10.0 24.10.0
  14. LibreNMS has a Stored XSS ('Cross-site Scripting') in librenms/includes/html/dev-overview-data.inc.php
    High · 7.5 CVE-2024-51495 < 24.10.0 24.10.0
  15. LibreNMS has a Stored XSS ('Cross-site Scripting') in librenms/app/Http/Controllers/Table/EditPortsController.php
    High · 7.5 CVE-2024-51494 < 24.10.0 24.10.0
  16. LibreNMS has a Persistent XSS from Insecure Input Sanitization Affects Multiple Endpoints
    High · 7.2 CVE-2024-50355 < 24.10.0 24.10.0
  17. LibreNMS has a Stored XSS ('Cross-site Scripting') in librenms/includes/html/pages/device/overview/services.inc.php
    High · 7.5 CVE-2024-50352 < 24.10.0 24.10.0
  18. LibreNMS has a Reflected XSS ('Cross-site Scripting') in librenms/includes/functions.php
    High · 7.5 CVE-2024-50351 < 24.10.0 24.10.0
  19. LibreNMS has a Stored XSS ('Cross-site Scripting') in librenms/app/Http/Controllers/Table/EditPortsController.php
    High · 7.5 CVE-2024-50350 < 24.10.0 24.10.0
  20. LibreNMS has a Stored XSS ('Cross-site Scripting') in librenms/includes/html/pages/device/capture.inc.php
    High · 7.5 CVE-2024-49764 < 24.10.0 24.10.0
  21. Stored XSS ('Cross-site Scripting') in librenms/includes/html/pages/edituser.inc.php
    High · 7.5 CVE-2024-49759 < 24.10.0 24.10.0
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