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CVE-2017-8827· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

forgotpassword.php in GeniXCMS 1.0.2 lacks a rate limit, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (login inability) o

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.

CriticalCVSS 9.1 · v3.0—No exploit Fix available
Published
May 8, 2017
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
1.6% · 75th percentile
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Action score

36

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Low priority for now.

CVSS
36 / 40 · 9.1 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 1.6%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
genixcmsgenixcms

Affected versions

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

  • genixcms genixcms1.0.2

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Packagistgenix/cmsbefore 1.1.21.1.2

Same product

genixcms: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2017-14764In the Upload Modules page in GeniXCMS 1.1.4, remote authenticated users can execute arbitrary PHP code via a .php file in a ZIP archive of
    35Monitor
  • CVE-2017-14763In the Install Themes page in GeniXCMS 1.1.4, remote authenticated users can execute arbitrary PHP code via a .php file in a ZIP archive of
    35Monitor
  • CVE-2017-8377GeniXCMS 1.0.2 has SQL Injection in inc/lib/Control/Backend/menus.control.php via the menuid parameter.
    35Monitor
  • CVE-2015-2679Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in MetalGenix GeniXCMS before 0.0.2 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the
    32Monitor
  • CVE-2016-10096SQL injection vulnerability in register.php in GeniXCMS before 1.0.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the activ
    29Monitor
  • CVE-2017-5346SQL injection vulnerability in inc/lib/Control/Backend/posts.control.php in GeniXCMS 0.0.8 allows remote authenticated administrators to exe
    28Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

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

Product / packageFixed versionSource
Packagist:genix/cms1.1.2Package registry (OSV)

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

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Timeline

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No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

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.
  • No account or password is required.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
none
Integrity
high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-287 · Improper Authentication

CVSS vector

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

nvd-primary

Root cause

Authentication is added route by route instead of being enforced in one place. When a route added later bypasses the shared middleware, the session check never runs for it.

The bug in code

The whole CWE-287 class

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

Vulnerable

ts
app.use("/admin", requireSession, adminRouter);
// Route added later skips the middlewareapp.post("/admin-api/config", updateConfig);

Fixed

ts
const admin = express.Router();admin.use(requireSession, requireRole("admin"));
admin.post("/config", updateConfig);app.use("/admin", admin);

Attack context

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Change log

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References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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