What is CVE-2017-8081?

CVE-2017-8081 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cagintranetworks Getsimple Cms, classified under Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2017-04-30.

How severe is CVE-2017-8081?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Cagintranetworks Getsimple Cms

CVE-2017-8081

Poor cryptographic salt initialization in admin/inc/template_functions.php in GetSimple CMS 3.3.13 allows a network attacker to escalate privileges to an arbitrary user or conduct CSRF attacks via calculation of a session cookie or CSRF nonce.

EPSS: 0.013 (66.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Cagintranetworks Getsimple_cms — versions 3.3.13_
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-338 — Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG)

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-8081?: CVE-2017-8081 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cagintranetworks Getsimple Cms, classified under Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2017-04-30.
How severe is CVE-2017-8081?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.