CVE-2017-16756

An issue was discovered in Userscape HelpSpot before 4.7.2. A cross-site request forgery vulnerability exists on POST requests to the "index.php?pg=password.change" endpoint. This allows an attacker to change the password of another user's HelpSpot account.

CVSS v3 8.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 6.8 MEDIUM

8.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

6.8^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://ruby.sh/helpspot-disclosure-20180206.txt	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://www.helpspot.com/releases	Vendor Advisory
https://www.helpspot.com/releases/version-4-7-2	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:userscape:helpspot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2018-02-19 14:29

Updated : 2023-12-10 12:30

NVD link : CVE-2017-16756

Mitre link : CVE-2017-16756

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-16756

JSON object : View

Products Affected

userscape

helpspot

CWE

CWE-352

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

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