Security advisory

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  "id": "847eb00fcebc28a00163695639c96883b60eb3742732e27bbcf5174cb5dbaeac",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-8827",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2017-8827",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2017-8827",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "critical",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2017-8827",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2017-8827",
        "GHSA-wm7g-rmgg-9837"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/GeniXCMS/GeniXCMS",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "64abcca227af002498a64b1818bfb6463ea8dd5b"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "64abcca227af002498a64b1818bfb6463ea8dd5b"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:genixcms:genixcms:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "1.0.2"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "1.0.2"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "1.0.2",
            "v1.0.2"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-8827.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:49:34.314031590Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/semplon/GeniXCMS/issues/75"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2017-8827",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 380563,
  "published_at": "2017-05-08T06:29:00.16+00:00"
}