CVE-2018-14596 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service in wancms by sending large values for font size, width, and height in the verification code URI.
- 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-2018-14596?
CVE-2018-14596 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 25 Jul 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-400
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-14596?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wancms Wancms.
How do I fix CVE-2018-14596?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-14596 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-2018-14596 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-14596 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-v7xm-5488-frx3.