🛡️ CVE-2017-5594 — pagekit

🟠 CVSS 8.0 — High ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-640 OSV
8.0
CVSS Score
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Description

Pagekit Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password

An issue was discovered in Pagekit CMS before 1.0.11. In this vulnerability the remote attacker is able to reset the registered user's password, when the debug toolbar is enabled. The password is successfully recovered using this exploit. The SecureLayer7 ID is SL7_PGKT_01.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is high, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

Weakness class

CVE-2017-5594 is classified as CWE-640: Weak Password Recovery Mechanism. The account recovery flow is easier to defeat than the password it protects.

Affected software

CVE-2017-5594 is recorded against 1 package.

  • pagekit/pagekit (fixed in 1.0.11)

Timeline and source

Published on 13 May 2022 and last revised on 24 April 2024. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Package)
securelayer7.net (Web)
securelayer7.net (Web)
www.exploit-db.com (Web)
www.securityfocus.com (Web)

Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 8.0
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE CWE-640
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2022-05-13
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2024-04-24
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
pagekit/pagekit — 1.0.11

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