LibreNMS vulnerable to rate limiting bypass on login page

Summary

Application is using two login methods and one of them is using GET request for authentication. There is no rate limiting security feature at GET request or backend is not validating that.

PoC

Go to /?username=admin&password=password&submit= Capture request in Burpsuite intruder and add payload marker at password parameter value. Start the attack after adding your password list We have added 74 passwords Check screenshot for more info

Impact

An attacker can Bruteforce user accounts and using GET request for authentication is not recommended because certain web servers logs all requests in old logs which can also store victim user credentials.