What is CVE-2018-14596?

CVE-2018-14596 is a high-severity vulnerability in Wancms, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-07-25.

How severe is CVE-2018-14596?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Wancms

CVE-2018-14596

wancms 1.0 through 5.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a checkcode (aka verification code) URI in which the values of font_size, width, and height are large numbers.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.013 (67.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Wancms
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-14596?: CVE-2018-14596 is a high-severity vulnerability in Wancms, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-07-25.
How severe is CVE-2018-14596?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.