CVE-2021-3172 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An issue in Php-Fusion v9.03.90 fixed in v9.10.00 allows authenticated attackers to cause a Distributed Denial of Service via the Polling feature.

Published: 2023-02-17

Score: 8.1 High

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:php-fusion:php-fusion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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-2021-26515	An issue in Php-Fusion v9.03.90 fixed in v9.10.00 allows authenticated attackers to cause a Distributed Denial of Service via the Polling feature.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00222.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/PHPFusion/PHPFusion/commit/7b8df6925cc7cfd8585d4f34d9120ff3a2e5753e
https://github.com/PHPFusion/PHPFusion/issues/2351

History

Wed, 19 Mar 2025 14:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-732
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Php-fusion Php-fusion

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2023-02-17T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-03-19T14:09:42.451Z

Reserved: 2021-01-18T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-3172

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T16:45:51.361Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-02-17T18:15:11.680

Modified: 2025-03-19T15:15:36.443

Link: CVE-2021-3172

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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