PT-2018-12816 · Phpcms · Phpcms

M0Us3Sun · Published 2018-08-05 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2018-14940

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions PHPCMS version 9

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, specifically resource consumption, by sending a request to the "api.php?op=checkcode" endpoint with large values for the font size, height, and width parameters.

Recommendations For PHPCMS version 9, consider restricting access to the "api.php?op=checkcode" endpoint or limiting the values that can be passed for the font size, height, and width parameters to prevent denial of service attacks.

Exploit

Fix

DoS

Resource Exhaustion

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-400

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-14940

Affected Products

Phpcms

References · 3

• 🔥 https://github.com/m0us3Sun/PHPCMS-v9/issues/1 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-14940 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-14940 · Vendor Advisory