Is this vulnerability remotely exploitable?

Yes. If a Tandoor Recipes instance is reachable over the network and exposes API endpoints with BasicAuthentication enabled, an attacker can exploit this issue remotely by sending repeated authenticated requests with guessed credentials.

Does an attacker need valid credentials or prior access to exploit this?

The attacker does not need valid credentials to begin exploitation, but they typically need at least one known or guessable username or email. From there, they can attempt unlimited password guesses via the API until one succeeds.

What is the safest general fix pattern for this issue?

The safest approach is to centralize and enforce rate limiting and lockout logic across all authentication paths, ensuring that any credential-based login attempt—whether via HTML form or API—is subject to the same brute-force protections. Removing or strictly scoping BasicAuthentication and favoring more robust, token-based methods can further reduce risk.

Severity:

CRITICAL RISK

(9.1)

Missing Authentication Rate Limiting (CWE-307) in Tandoor Recipes API Basic Authentication

CVE-2026-33152

Published:

Mar 26, 2026

Status:

Analyzed

Summary

Affected Context

Exploit Preconditions

Why This Happens

Potential Impact

General Mitigation Guidance

How Teams Detect Issues Like This

Frequently Asked Questions

Source

NDV

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Remote Code Execution on the Router

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Vulnerability Type

Category:

Missing Authentication Rate Limiting / Brute-Force Protection

CWE:

CWE-307

Impact:

Account Compromise via Credential Brute Forcing

Severity:

CRITICAL RISK

(9.1)

CVSS Version:

3.1

Vulnerability Type

Category:

Missing Authentication Rate Limiting / Brute-Force Protection

CWE:

CWE-307

Impact:

Account Compromise via Credential Brute Forcing

Severity:

CRITICAL RISK

(9.1)

CVSS Version:

3.1

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Missing Authentication Rate Limiting (CWE-307) in Tandoor Recipes API Basic Authentication

Summary

Affected Context

Exploit Preconditions

Why This Happens

Potential Impact

General Mitigation Guidance

How Teams Detect Issues Like This

Frequently Asked Questions

Source

Recent Vulnerabilities

HIGH RISK

HIGH

(7.3)

OS Command Injection (CWE-78) in Totolink A7100RU setGameSpeedCfg CGI Handler

HIGH RISK

HIGH

(7.3)

OS Command Injection (CWE-78) in Totolink A7100RU setFirewallType Handler

Vulnerability Type

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