CVE-2017-8916 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting CIS-CAT Pro Dashboard versions prior to 1.0.4. An authenticated attacker can exploit this flaw by changing an administrative user's email address and then initiating a password reset to gain full administrative access. With a CVSS score of 7.8, this local attack vector requires low privileges but results in high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisecurity:cis-cat_pro_dashboard:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisecurity:cis-cat_pro_dashboard:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisecurity:cis-cat_pro_dashboard:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisecurity:cis-cat_pro_dashboard:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.