CVE-2017-17990 describes a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Biometric Shift Employee Management System, specifically within the 'edit_holiday' action of 'index.php'. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) allows an unauthenticated attacker to trick a user into performing unintended actions, potentially leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit code, Metasploit modules, or Nuclei templates are available, and there's no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion, the underlying flaw (CWE-352) remains a risk.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:iwcnetwork:biometric_shift_employee_management_system:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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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