CVE-2017-14231 GeniXCMS denial of service (account blockage)

What is CVE-2017-14231?

CVE-2017-14231 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 10 Sep 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

GeniXCMS before 1.1.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (account blockage) by leveraging the mishandling of certain username substring relationships, such as the admin<script> username versus the admin username, related to register.php, User.class.php, and Type.class.php.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-14231?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including genix/cms. It affects 1 product.

Products include Genixcms Genixcms.

How do I fix CVE-2017-14231?

Upgrade genix/cms to 1.1.0 or later.

Is CVE-2017-14231 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-14231 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in n/a

• CVE-2017-8827 GeniXCMS Arbitrary User Password Reset Vulnerability Critical 9.1
• CVE-2017-14763 GeniXCMS arbitrary PHP code execution High 8.8
• CVE-2017-14764 GeniXCMS arbitrary PHP code execution High 8.8
• CVE-2017-8377 GeniXCMS SQL Injection High 8.8
• CVE-2015-2679 SQL injection in n/a High 7.5

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-2m9r-pm7q-wr6f.