CVE-2017-5594
high
CVSS v3
7.5
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
8.5
Description
Pagekit Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
83%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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Exploits
Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.
Exploit-DB
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Packagist | pagekit/pagekit | <1.0.11 | 1.0.11 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| pagekit | pagekit | {"endIncluding":"1.0.10"} | |
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95806
- https://github.com/pagekit/pagekit/commit/e0454f9c037c427a5ff76a57e78dbf8cc00c268b
- https://securelayer7.net/download/pdf/SecureLayer7-Pentest-report-Pagekit-CMS.pdf
- https://securelayer7.net/download/poc/password-reset-vulnerability-exploit-ruby-pagekit-cms.rb.txt
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41143/
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5594
- https://github.com/pagekit/pagekit
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41143
CWEs
CWE-640
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.