CVE-2017-14993 Denial of service in n/a

High 7.5 Published 20 Feb 2018 Updated 5 Aug 2024

Remote attackers can cause a denial of service by overflowing the database via crafted URLs if empty category rendering is enabled.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2017-14993?

CVE-2017-14993 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 20 Feb 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

OXID eShop Community Edition before 6.0.0 RC3 (development), 4.10.x before 4.10.6 (maintenance), and 4.9.x before 4.9.11 (legacy), Enterprise Edition before 6.0.0 RC3 (development), 5.2.x before 5.2.11 (legacy), and 5.3.x before 5.3.6 (maintenance), and Professional Edition before 6.0.0 RC3 (development), 4.9.x before 4.9.11 (legacy) and 4.10.x before 4.10.6 (maintenance) allow remote attackers to crawl specially crafted URLs (aka "forced browsing") in order to overflow the database of the shop and consequently make it stop working. Prerequisite: the shop allows rendering empty categories to the storefront via an admin option.

Weakness: CWE-425

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-14993?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Oxid-Esales Eshop.

How do I fix CVE-2017-14993?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-14993 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2017-14993 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-14993 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-p38f-p5gw-455m.