CVE-2018-14596 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in wancms versions 1.0 through 5.0. Attackers can exploit this by sending crafted requests to the checkcode URI with large font_size, width, and height values, leading to significant resource consumption. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity and no user interaction, resulting in high availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 1.0, <= 5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wancms:wancms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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