What is CVE-2017-14231?

CVE-2017-14231 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Genixcms, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2017-09-10.

How severe is CVE-2017-14231?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Improper input validation in Genixcms

CVE-2017-14231

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.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

EPSS: 0.014 (70.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

Affected products

Genixcms
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory, Release Notes)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-14231?: CVE-2017-14231 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Genixcms, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2017-09-10.
How severe is CVE-2017-14231?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.