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CVE-2017-14009· NVD / CVE Program· CNA icscert

An Information Exposure issue was discovered in ProMinent MultiFLEX M10a Controller web interface.

An Information Exposure issue was discovered in ProMinent MultiFLEX M10a Controller web interface. When an authenticated user uses the Change Password feature on the application, the current password for the user is specified in plaintext. This may allow an attacker who has been authenticated to gain access to the password.

MediumCVSS 6.5 · v3.0—No exploit No fix recorded

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Published
Oct 17, 2017
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
0.7% · 52th percentile
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Action score

26

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Low priority for now.

CVSS
26 / 40 · 6.5 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.7%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
prominentmultiflex m10a controller firmware
prominentmultiflex m10a controller

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • prominent multiflex m10a controller firmwareall versions

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (icscert). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • n/a ProMinent MultiFLEX M10a Controller

    • ProMinent MultiFLEX M10a Controlleraffected

Same product

prominent: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2017-14011A Cross-Site Request Forgery issue was discovered in ProMinent MultiFLEX M10a Controller web interface.
    35Monitor
  • CVE-2017-14005An Unverified Password Change issue was discovered in ProMinent MultiFLEX M10a Controller web interface.
    35Monitor
  • CVE-2017-14013A Client-Side Enforcement of Server-Side Security issue was discovered in ProMinent MultiFLEX M10a Controller web interface.
    22Monitor
  • CVE-2017-14007An Insufficient Session Expiration issue was discovered in ProMinent MultiFLEX M10a Controller web interface.
    22Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

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No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

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Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
none
Availability
none
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
None

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-200 · Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

nvd-primary

Root cause

The extension requests broader permissions than its function needs and sends the data it collects out for purposes beyond its stated function.

The bug in code

The whole CWE-200 class

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

Vulnerable

json
{  "permissions": ["tabs", "<all_urls>"],  "background": { "service_worker": "analytics.js" }}

Fixed

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{  "permissions": ["activeTab"],  "host_permissions": ["https://yildiz.example/*"]}

Attack context

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Change log

No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

References

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