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GeniXCMS denial of service (account blockage)

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 17, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Apr 25, 2024

Package

composer genix/cms (Composer)

Affected versions

< 1.1.0

Patched versions

1.1.0

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.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Sep 10, 2017
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 17, 2022
Reviewed Apr 25, 2024
Last updated Apr 25, 2024

Severity

Moderate
5.3
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Low
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2017-14231

GHSA ID

GHSA-2m9r-pm7q-wr6f

Source code

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