CVEvulnerability

CVE-2017-8827

9.1 CRITICAL Published 2017-05-08 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2017-05-08
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
9.1 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
6.4 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-287

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.

Affected configurations

• genixcms genixcms 1.0.2

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-287 Improper Authentication weakness

References