CVE-2019-17583 Denial of service in n/a

High 7.5 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause denial of service in iCMS by requesting a large number of comments, leading to resource consumption.

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-2019-17583?

CVE-2019-17583 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 14 Oct 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

idreamsoft iCMS 7.0.15 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a query for many comments, as demonstrated by the admincp.php?app=comment&perpage= substring followed by a large positive integer.

Weakness: CWE-770

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-17583?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Idreamsoft Icms.

How do I fix CVE-2019-17583?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-17583 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-2019-17583 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-17583 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-mgpr-w9rj-jmr9.

Is CVE-2019-17583 in your software?

Upload an SBOM and sbomify checks it against every vulnerability here, every day.

Check your SBOMs for free