TI-2017-10362 Aliases CVE-2017-14231 GHSA-2m9r-pm7q-wr6f

GeniXCMS before 1.1.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (account…

LOW 27CWE-20Published 2017-09-10 · Updated 2024-09-16

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: —
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: None · None · Low
Fix status: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.

Summary

GeniXCMS before 1.1.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (account blockage) by leveraging the mishandling of certain username substring relationships, such as the admin<script> username versus the admin username, related to register.php, User.class.php, and Type.class.php.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01421 72nd percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD

Fix Fixed genix/cms (Packagist): 1.1.0

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA
—	genix/cms (Packagist)	before 1.1.0	1.1.0	Patch available	GHSA-2m9r-pm7q-wr6f

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
genix/cms (Packagist) Vendor— Affected before 1.1.0 Fixed in 1.1.0 Patch available GHSA-2m9r-pm7q-wr6f

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:genixcms:genixcms::::::::	up to 1.0.2	Vulnerable	Genixcms

cpe:2.3:a:genixcms:genixcms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 1.0.2 Vulnerable ·Genixcms

Remediation

Fix · GHSA-2m9r-pm7q-wr6f genix/cms (Packagist) Fixed in 1.1.0 Advisory →

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-14231
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2m9r-pm7q-wr6f

References

Exploit 1

https://github.com/semplon/GeniXCMS/issues/78

Advisory 2

Other 2

TI-2017-06336 forgotpassword.php in GeniXCMS 1.0.2 lacks a rate limit, which might allow remote… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.1
TI-2017-10825 In the Upload Modules page in GeniXCMS 1.1.4, remote authenticated users can execute… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
TI-2017-10824 In the Install Themes page in GeniXCMS 1.1.4, remote authenticated users can execute… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
TI-2017-05933 GeniXCMS 1.0.2 has SQL Injection in inc/lib/Control/Backend/menus.control.php via the menuid parameter. CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
TI-2015-02364 Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in MetalGenix GeniXCMS before 0.0.2 allow remote… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
TI-2017-03387 SQL injection vulnerability in inc/lib/Control/Backend/posts.control.php in GeniXCMS… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.2

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Sources

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