{"id":"CVE-2017-16629","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-16629","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T22:18:55.495Z","title":"In SapphireIMS 4097_1, it is possible to guess the registered/active usernames of the software from the errors it gives out for each type of user on the Login form.","description":"In SapphireIMS 4097_1, it is possible to guess the registered/active usernames of the software from the errors it gives out for each type of user on the Login form. For \"Incorrect User\" - it gives an error \"The application failed to identify the user. Please contact administrator for help.\" For \"Correct User and Incorrect Password\" - it gives an error \"Authentication failed. Please login again.\"","published":"2021-08-11T21:15:08.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:09:35.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-209"],"affected":["sapphireims/sapphireims"],"epss":{"score":0.01168,"percentile":0.67195,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.17%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://vuln.shellcoder.party/2020/07/18/cve-2017-16629-sapphireims-login-page-information-disclosure/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://vuln.shellcoder.party/tags/sapphireims/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://vuln.shellcoder.party/2020/07/18/cve-2017-16629-sapphireims-login-page-information-disclosure/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://vuln.shellcoder.party/tags/sapphireims/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16629","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}