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CVE-2016-9124

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-9124 describes an Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts vulnerability in Revive Adserver versions prior to 3.2.3, allowing for password-guessing attacks on the login page. This critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) has a network attack vector, low attack complexity, and can lead to full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While an account lockdown was rejected, a random delay and parallel brute-forcing discouragement were implemented as countermeasures. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 3.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:revive-adserver:revive_adserver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.23%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
80.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0223 is in the 70th percentile among its peer group of 36,835 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

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