What is CVE-2024-42849?

CVE-2024-42849 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Silverpeas, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2024-08-16.

How severe is CVE-2024-42849?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-42849 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Resource exhaustion in Silverpeas

CVE-2024-42849

An issue in Silverpeas v.6.4.2 and lower allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via the password change function.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.013 (66.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Silverpeas
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (Product)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-42849?: CVE-2024-42849 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Silverpeas, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2024-08-16.
How severe is CVE-2024-42849?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-42849 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.