CVE-2017-8827

CVSS V2 Medium 6.4 CVSS V3 Critical 9.1

Description

forgotpassword.php in GeniXCMS 1.0.2 lacks a rate limit, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (login inability) or possibly conduct Arbitrary User Password Reset attacks via a series of requests.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2017-8827

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2017-05-08T06:29:00

Last Modified Date
2017-05-12T15:50:45

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-287	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/287.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:genixcms:genixcms:1.0.2:::::::*	1	OR

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
LOW

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Integrity Impact
PARTIAL

Availability Impact
PARTIAL

Base Score
6.4

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
10

Impact Score
4.9

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.0

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
NONE

User Interaction
NONE

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
HIGH

Base Score
9.1

Base Severity
CRITICAL

Exploitability Score
3.9

Impact Score
5.2

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://github.com/semplon/GeniXCMS/issues/75	Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8827
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-8827

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 09:43:21				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 16:40:15	2017-05-08T06:29Z	2017-05-08T06:29:00	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-02 16:40:15		2017-05-12T15:50:45	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-02 16:40:15		Analyzed	Vulnerability Status	updated