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CVE-2017-16244

HIGH · CVSS 8.8 EPSS 1.98% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2017-11-01 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 8.8. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

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CVE
CVE-2017-16244
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
8.8
EPSS
1.98%

Original NVD Description

Cross-Site Request Forgery exists in OctoberCMS 1.0.426 (aka Build 426) due to improper validation of CSRF tokens for postback handling, allowing an attacker to successfully take over the victim's account. The attack bypasses a protection mechanism involving X-CSRF headers and CSRF tokens via a certain _handler postback variable.

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