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.

Published 2017-04-30 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.013 (68.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 68th percentile — 68.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.013 · newest: 0.013 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Cagintranetworks Getsimple Cms — versions 3.3.13_

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

github.com/GetSimpleCMS/GetSimpleCMS/issues/1224 (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.