CVE-2017-14231
GeniXCMS denial of service (account blockage)
5.3
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.61%
Description
GeniXCMS before 1.1.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (account blockage) by leveraging the mishandling of certain username substring relationships, such as the admin<script> username versus the admin username, related to register.php, User.class.php, and Type.class.php.
How to fix CVE-2017-14231
To remediate CVE-2017-14231, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 1.1.0 or later
Is CVE-2017-14231 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.6%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 1.1.0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |