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)

Published · last modified .

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.012 (67.5th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 68th percentile — 67.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2024-42849: held from 0.012 to 0.012.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.012 · newest: 0.012 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

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.