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CVE-2017-8827 GeniXCMS Arbitrary User Password Reset Vulnerability

CriticalCVSS 9.1 EPSS 1.6%
Published
Updated
Exploit status
No public exploit known

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 products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
genix/cms(Packagist) < 1.1.2 1.1.2
genix/cms(Packagist) = 1.0.0 No fix listed
genix/cms(Packagist) = 1.1.0 No fix listed
genix/cms(Packagist) = 1.1.1 No fix listed
genixcms = 1.0.2 No fix listed

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