Improper Authentication Affecting genix/cms package, versions <1.1.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.21% (60th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-PHP-GENIXCMS-6674123
  • published 26 Apr 2024
  • disclosed 17 May 2022
  • credit viccon

How to fix?

Upgrade genix/cms to version 1.1.2 or higher.

Overview

genix/cms is a Simple and Free Opensource CMS and Framework.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Authentication due to a missing rate limit in forgotpassword.php. An attacker can cause a denial of service (login inability) or possibly conduct unauthorized actions via a series of requests.