CVEvulnerability

CVE-2017-16935

9.8 CRITICAL Published 2017-11-24 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2017-11-24
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-20

Description

Ametys before 4.0.3 requires authentication only for URIs containing a /cms/ substring, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a direct request to /plugins/core-ui/servercomm/messages.xml, as demonstrated by changing the admin password by obtaining account details via a users/search.json request, and then modifying the account via an editUser request.

Affected configurations

• ametys ametys (< 4.0.3)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness

References