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CVE-2017-14231

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-14231 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in GeniXCMS versions prior to 1.1.0. The flaw allows remote attackers to block user accounts by exploiting how the system handles specific username substrings during registration. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.3 (Medium), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low complexity to cause a low-impact availability issue. There is no known active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:genixcms:genixcms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.3MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.42%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
70.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0142 is in the 52nd percentile among its peer group of 23,725 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: genix/cmsFixed in: 1.1.0

Vendor Advisories (1)

composerGHSA-2m9r-pm7q-wr6fmedium

GeniXCMS denial of service (account blockage)

May 17, 2022

References

github.com / semplon/GeniXCMS/issues/78
ExploitThird Party Advisory
github.com / semplon/GeniXCMS/releases/tag/v1.1.0
Release NotesThird Party Advisory