VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2017-14231
GeniXCMS before 1.1.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (account blockage) by leveraging the mishandling of certain username substring relationships, such as the admin<script> username versus the admin username, related to…
MEDIUM 5.3EPSS 1.42%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.42%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
GeniXCMS before 1.1.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (account blockage) by leveraging the mishandling of certain username substring relationships, such as the admin<script> username versus the admin username, related to register.php, User.class.php, and Type.class.php.
- CVSS 3.0
- 5.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- EPSS
- 1.42% probability · 71th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- genixcms/genixcms
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://github.com/semplon/GeniXCMS/issues/78Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/semplon/GeniXCMS/releases/tag/v1.1.0Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/semplon/GeniXCMS/issues/78Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/semplon/GeniXCMS/releases/tag/v1.1.0Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.