Mastodon's rate-limits are missing on `/auth/setup`
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| mastodon | mastodon | affected |
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EUVD-2025-5448 | Mastodon is a self-hosted, federated microblogging platform. Starting in version 4.2.0 and prior to versions 4.2.16 and 4.3.4, the rate limits are missing on `/auth/setup`. Without those rate limits, an attacker can craft requests that will send an email to an arbitrary addresses. Versions 4.2.16 and 4.3.4 fix the issue. |
No CVSS v4.0
No CVSS v3.0
No CVSS v2
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.369% probability within 30 days)
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Joinmastodon
Joinmastodon mastodon |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:joinmastodon:mastodon:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Joinmastodon
Joinmastodon mastodon |
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| Description | Mastodon is a self-hosted, federated microblogging platform. Starting in version 4.2.0 and prior to versions 4.2.16 and 4.3.4, the rate limits are missing on `/auth/setup`. Without those rate limits, an attacker can craft requests that will send an email to an arbitrary addresses. Versions 4.2.16 and 4.3.4 fix the issue. | |
| Title | Mastodon's rate-limits are missing on `/auth/setup` | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-770 | |
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cvssV3_1
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