What is CVE-2017-8385?

CVE-2017-8385 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Craftcms Craft Cms, classified under Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2017-05-01.

How severe is CVE-2017-8385?

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

Vulnerability in Craftcms Craft Cms

CVE-2017-8385

Craft CMS before 2.6.2976 does not prevent modification of the URL in a forgot-password email message.

Published 2017-05-01 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.010 (60.2th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 60th percentile — 60.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Craftcms Craft Cms

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-640 — Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password

References

craftcms.com/changelog (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
twitter.com/CraftCMS/status/857743080224473088 (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-8385?: CVE-2017-8385 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Craftcms Craft Cms, classified under Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2017-05-01.
How severe is CVE-2017-8385?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.