CVE-2017-16756 is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability affecting Userscape HelpSpot versions prior to 4.7.2. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to force a logged-in user to change their password by sending a crafted POST request to the password change endpoint. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), this vulnerability has a high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring user interaction but no special privileges. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 4.7.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:userscape:helpspot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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