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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2017-14523

WonderCMS 2.3.1 is vulnerable to an HTTP Host header injection attack. It uses user-entered values to redirect pages. NOTE: the vendor reports that exploitation is unlikely because the attack can only come from a local machine or from the administrator as a self attack

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CVE-2017-14523
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1 Nov 2026, 07:07 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2017-14523

core-osv · Original source

Published 26 Jan 2018, 20:29 UTC

WonderCMS 2.3.1 is vulnerable to an HTTP Host header injection attack. It uses user-entered values to redirect pages. NOTE: the vendor reports that exploitation is unlikely because the attack can only come from a local machine or from the administrator as a self attack

osv:CVE-2017-14523
Complete source record
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      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:48.800147055Z",
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      "references": [
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