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Vulnerability record · CVE-2016-9124 · published 28 March 2017

CVE-2016-9124: Revive-adserver revive adserver improper restriction of authentication attempts vulnerability

Revive Adserver · Revive Adserver

Revive Adserver before 3.2.3 suffers from Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts. The login page of Revive Adserver is vulnerable to password-guessing attacks. An account lockdown feature was considered, but rejected to avoid introducing service disruptions to regular users during such attacks. A random delay has instead been introduced as a countermeasure in case of password failures, along with a system to discourage parallel brute forcing. These systems will effectively allow the valid users to log in to the adserver, even while an attack is in progress.

9.8 CVSS 3.0 Critical EPSS 2.2% · top 17.9% CWE-307 · Improper restriction of authentication attemptsCWE-287 · Improper authentication
9.8CVSS 3.0 base score, v2 5.0
2.2%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
6References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Revive Adserver before 3.2.3 suffers from Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts. The login page of Revive Adserver is vulnerable to password-guessing attacks. An account lockdown feature was considered, but rejected to avoid introducing service disruptions to regular users during such attacks. A random delay has instead been introduced as a countermeasure in case of password failures, along with a system to discourage parallel brute forcing. These systems will effectively allow the valid users to log in to the adserver, even while an attack is in progress.

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://github.com/revive-adserver/revive-adserver/commit/847941390f5b3310d51b07c92ec91cc1f4cc82c9 Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://hackerone.com/reports/96115 Permissions Required
https://www.revive-adserver.com/security/revive-sa-2016-001/ PatchVendor Advisory
https://github.com/revive-adserver/revive-adserver/commit/847941390f5b3310d51b07c92ec91cc1f4cc82c9 Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://hackerone.com/reports/96115 Permissions Required
https://www.revive-adserver.com/security/revive-sa-2016-001/ PatchVendor Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2016-9124), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.