Auth bypass in Interspire Email Marketer
CVE-2017-14322
The function in charge to check whether the user is already logged in init.php in Interspire Email Marketer (IEM) prior to 6.1.6 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and obtain administrative access by using the IEM_CookieLogin cookie with a specially crafted value.
Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication
EPSS: 0.365 (98.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Interspire Email_marketer
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@mitre.org (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_FULLDISC, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Broken Link)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-14322?
- CVE-2017-14322 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Interspire Email Marketer, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-10-18.
- How severe is CVE-2017-14322?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2017-14322 known to be exploited?
- 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.