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Case File

CVE-2017-8827

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.1 EPSS 1.62% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2017-05-08 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

AI analysis pending.

Public Exploit Signal

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

GitHub PoC Links
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CVE
CVE-2017-8827
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
9.1
EPSS
1.62%

Original NVD Description

forgotpassword.php in GeniXCMS 1.0.2 lacks a rate limit, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (login inability) or possibly conduct Arbitrary User Password Reset attacks via a series of requests.