CVE-2017-14231

MEDIUM

GeniXCMS < 1.1.0 - Denial of Service via Username Substring Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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 (2)

Core 2
Core References
Release Notes, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/semplon/GeniXCMS/releases/tag/v1.1.0
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/semplon/GeniXCMS/issues/78

Scores

CVSS v3 5.3
EPSS 0.0142
EPSS Percentile 69.6%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (2)
genix/cms 0 - 1.1.0Packagist
genixcms/genixcms < 1.0.2
Published Sep 10, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026