GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Packagist

GHSA-wm7g-rmgg-9837 GeniXCMS Arbitrary User Password Reset Vulnerability

CRITICAL Published 2022-05-17 Modified 2024-04-25 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2017-8827
Ecosystem
Packagist
Packages
genix/cms
Severity
Critical
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-287
Reviewed
2024-04-25

Affected packages

• Packagist genix/cms: < 1.1.2 → fixed in 1.1.2

Description

forgotpassword.php in GeniXCMS 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.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2017-8827 forgotpassword.php in GeniXCMS 1.0.2 lacks a rate limit, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (login inability)… vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-287 Improper Authentication weakness

References