CRITICAL9.1

GHSA-wm7g-rmgg-9837

GeniXCMS Arbitrary User Password Reset Vulnerability

Quick fix

GHSA-wm7g-rmgg-9837 — genix/cms: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.

composer require genix/cms:^1.1.2

Details

forgotpassword.php in GeniXCMS lacks a rate limit, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (login inability) or possibly conduct Arbitrary User Password Reset attacks via a series of requests.

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Affected packages

Packagist/genix/cms

Introduced in: 0Fixed in: 1.1.2

Fixcomposer require genix/cms:^1.1.2

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8827[ADVISORY]
https://github.com/semplon/GeniXCMS/issues/75[WEB]
https://github.com/semplon/GeniXCMS/commit/f7b4a8278cdcf29ecf7f1eaa1b9f088d505ca61a[WEB]
https://github.com/GeniXCMS/GeniXCMS[PACKAGE]