Vulnerability CVE-2017-8916


Published: 2018-01-31

Description:
In Center for Internet Security CIS-CAT Pro Dashboard before 1.0.4, an authenticated user is able to change an administrative user's e-mail address and send a forgot password email to themselves, thereby gaining administrative access.

Type:

CWE-640

(Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password)

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.6/10
6.4/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Cisecurity -> Cis-cat pro dashboard 

 References:
https://www.cisecurity.org/cis-security-updates/incorrect-access-control-cve-2017-8916/

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