Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessObtain low-privilege FlexCity credentials
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ExploitSend high-volume unenforced authentication requests
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ExecutionTrigger excessive server-side resource allocation
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ImpactDegrade application availability for legitimate users
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A07:2025 - Authentication Failures
ASVS 5.0
V6 - Authentication Brute-force prevention, rate limiting
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| Exploitation Conditions | The CVSS PR:L metric confirms that the attacker must already hold a low-privileged account within FlexCity-unauthenticated exploitation is not indicated by the provided vector. Attack complexity is low (AC:L) and no user interaction is required (UI:N), meaning any credentialed user can exploit this without special timing or target interaction. No non-default configuration flag or specific feature-enablement condition is stated in the description as a prerequisite. Impact is limited to partial availability degradation (A:L) against FlexCity versions 5.536.0 through 11052026 specifically. The additional 'Information Disclosure' impact (username enumeration) remains unconfirmed from available data and should be validated against the vendor advisory before treating it as an established exploitation condition. |
| Impact | The NVD CVSS score of 4.3 (Medium) with vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L characterizes this as a moderate, low-complexity network flaw limited to partial availability impact. No EPSS data was provided, so quantitative exploitation probability cannot be assessed. The vulnerability is absent from CISA KEV, and no public proof-of-concept code is known-indicating no confirmed active exploitation. The PR:L requirement meaningfully constrains the attacker pool to those already holding valid FlexCity credentials. The availability impact (A:L) is bounded to service degradation rather than full outage. The 'Information Disclosure' tag directly conflicts with C:N in the CVSS vector; if username enumeration is achievable, the effective confidentiality risk is higher than the score reflects and defenders should treat this as an open question requiring vendor clarification. Overall, this is a real but operationally moderate finding-not an emergency-priority patch unless the information-disclosure dimension is confirmed or the environment relies on FlexCity for critical municipal operations. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A low-privileged FlexCity user-or an attacker who has obtained any valid credential through prior means-scripted repeated authentication requests against the application over the network, bypassing the absent rate-limiting controls to exhaust server-side session or memory allocations and degrade service responsiveness for concurrent legitimate users. If the information-disclosure behavior is present, the same attacker can probe authentication responses to enumerate valid account names before or alongside the resource-exhaustion effort. No public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Jul 21, 2026
FlexCity by Universal Software Inc. exposes an authentication rate-limiting failure (CWE-307) across versions 5.536.0 through 11052026, allowing low-privileged network attackers to submit unbounded authentication requests and cause excessive server-side resource allocation that degrades availability. The CVSS vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/A:L) indicates a moderate, network-reachable flaw requiring existing credentials, though the vendor-applied 'Information Disclosure' tag conflicts with the C:N CVSS metric and raises the possibility of concurrent username enumeration not captured in the base score. Reported by TR-CERT; no public exploit code and no CISA KEV listing exist at time of analysis.
RemediationAI
Consult the TR-CERT advisory at https://siberguvenlik.gov.tr/guvenlik-bildirimleri/detay/tr-26-0593 for vendor patch guidance-no exact fixed version number is present in the available data, so patch availability must be confirmed directly with Universal Software Inc. before upgrading. As an immediate compensating control, enforce request-rate limits at the reverse proxy or WAF layer in front of FlexCity authentication endpoints, capping attempts per account or per source IP per time window; note that IP-based throttling can be circumvented by distributed sources and should be combined with per-account lockout. Account lockout policies configured at the application or identity-provider level provide the strongest control, though lockout thresholds set too aggressively can themselves become a denial-of-service vector against legitimate users-balance with alert-only modes or CAPTCHA challenges. If the information-disclosure behavior (username enumeration) is confirmed, standardize all authentication error responses to a single generic message and equalize response timing to eliminate oracle conditions. Where operationally feasible, restrict access to the FlexCity authentication endpoint to trusted IP ranges or VPN egress points to reduce the exposed attack surface.
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Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
CWE-307 (Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts) describes a missing or ineffective rate-limiting or account-lockout mechanism on authentication surfaces, enabling brute-force attempts or server-side resource exhaustion through repeated credential submissions. The 'Excessive Allocation' consequence here indicates that each unthrottled attempt can consume server resources-session handles, memory, or connection pool slots-without bound. The CPE string (cpe:2.3:a:universal_software_inc.:flexcity:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*) identifies Universal Software Inc.'s FlexCity, a city-management or smart-city platform, as the affected application. The vendor-assigned 'Information Disclosure' tag suggests the authentication endpoint may also return differential responses (distinct error messages or timing differences) that permit username or account-existence enumeration, a commonly co-occurring weakness with CWE-307 that the C:N CVSS metric does not reflect.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
PR:L retained per CVSS; C:L added over provided C:N to reflect probable information disclosure (username enumeration) flagged by the vendor tag.
Primary rating from Vendor (TR-CERT).
CVSS VectorVendor: TR-CERT
DescriptionCVE.org
Improper restriction of excessive authentication attempts vulnerability in Universal Software Inc. FlexCity allows Excessive Allocation.
This issue affects FlexCity: from 5.536.0 through 11052026.
Threat Intelligence Overview
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
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Attack Technique
Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.
Flexcity versions before 1.0.36 contain an authentication bypass vulnerability that allows authenticated users to escala
Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions, Missing Authentication for Critical Function vulnerability in Universal Software
Flexcity versions up to 1.0.36. is affected by authorization bypass through user-controlled key (CVSS 8.3).
Missing authorization in Universal Software Inc. FlexCity (versions 5.536.0 through 11052026) exposes sensitive data to
Open redirect in Universal Software Inc. FlexCity (versions 5.536.0 through 11052026) enables remote unauthenticated att
EUVD-2026-46187
GHSA-m9cr-mcrx-m4w3
NVD
CVE.org
EPSS
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