CVE-2017-8081
Poor cryptographic salt initialization in admin/inc/template_functions.php in GetSimple CMS 3.3.13 allows a network attacker to escalate privileges to an arbitrary user or conduct CSRF attacks via calculation of a session cookie or CSRF nonce.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.26%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Poor cryptographic salt initialization in admin/inc/template_functions.php in GetSimple CMS 3.3.13 allows a network attacker to escalate privileges to an arbitrary user or conduct CSRF attacks via calculation of a session cookie or CSRF nonce.
- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.26% probability · 69th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-338
- Affected
- cagintranetworks/getsimple cms
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.3% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://github.com/GetSimpleCMS/GetSimpleCMS/issues/1224Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/GetSimpleCMS/GetSimpleCMS/issues/1224Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.