CVE-2017-14523

HIGH

WonderCMS 2.3.1 - HTTP Host Header Injection

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2017-14523. PoCs published by Samrat Das.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This is a writeup describing a Host Header Injection vulnerability in Wonder CMS 2.3.1, which allows arbitrary web page redirection and potential attacks like password reset or web cache poisoning. The PoC involves intercepting a web request and modifying the Host header to demonstrate the vulnerability.

Description

WonderCMS 2.3.1 is vulnerable to an HTTP Host header injection attack. It uses user-entered values to redirect pages. NOTE: the vendor reports that exploitation is unlikely because the attack can only come from a local machine or from the administrator as a self attack

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP
by Samrat Das · textwebappsphp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43964

This is a writeup describing a Host Header Injection vulnerability in Wonder CMS 2.3.1, which allows arbitrary web page redirection and potential attacks like password reset or web cache poisoning. The PoC involves intercepting a web request and modifying the Host header to demonstrate the vulnerability.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Other
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Wonder CMS 2.3.1
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to a proxy tool to intercept and modify HTTP requests
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43964/

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0820
EPSS Percentile 94.1%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-74
Status published
Products (1)
wondercms/wondercms 2.3.1
Published Jan 26, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026