rdiffweb has no rate limit on resend email feature

MEDIUM 6.5CVE-2022-4723 · GHSA-7q4r-x5qg-mmcp · PYSEC-2022-43009 · Published 27/12/2022 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2022-4723 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.5) vulnerability affecting rdiffweb, rdiffweb (ikus-soft).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.67%, higher than 52.2% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 2.5.5 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
rdiffweb PyPI	`< 2.5.5`	`2.5.5`
rdiffweb ikus-soft	`< 2.5.5`	`2.5.5`

rdiffweb prior to 2.5.5 has no rate limit on the "resend email feature" while enable or disable 2FA from /prefs/mfa endpoint .

NVD description

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in GitHub repository ikus060/rdiffweb prior to 2.5.5.

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

PyPI

< 2.5.5

2.5.5

< 2.5.5

2.5.5

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