CVE-2017-17794 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

validate_form_preferences in admin/preferences.php in BlogoText through 3.7.6 allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via vectors related to an e-mail address field.

Published: 2017-12-20

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:blogotext_project:blogotext:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-8945	validate_form_preferences in admin/preferences.php in BlogoText through 3.7.6 allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via vectors related to an e-mail address field.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00132.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/BlogoText/blogotext/commit/256041d8cab2fdc50678f4d49d916fea25cdb4fd
https://github.com/BlogoText/blogotext/issues/345

History

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Subscriptions

Blogotext Project Blogotext

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-12-20T09:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T20:59:17.931Z

Reserved: 2017-12-20T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-17794

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-12-20T09:29:01.803

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-17794

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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