What is CVE-2017-8916?

CVE-2017-8916 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisecurity Cis-Cat Pro Dashboard, classified under Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-01-31.

How severe is CVE-2017-8916?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Cisecurity Cis-Cat Pro Dashboard

CVE-2017-8916

In Center for Internet Security CIS-CAT Pro Dashboard before 1.0.4, an authenticated user is able to change an administrative user's e-mail address and send a forgot password email to themselves, thereby gaining administrative access.

EPSS: 0.003 (19.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Cisecurity Cis-cat_pro_dashboard — versions 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-640 — Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-8916?: CVE-2017-8916 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisecurity Cis-Cat Pro Dashboard, classified under Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-01-31.
How severe is CVE-2017-8916?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.