CVE-2017-5594

high

Description

An issue was discovered in Pagekit CMS before 1.0.11. In this vulnerability the remote attacker is able to reset the registered user's password, when the debug toolbar is enabled. The password is successfully recovered using this exploit. The SecureLayer7 ID is SL7_PGKT_01.

References

https://securelayer7.net/download/pdf/SecureLayer7-Pentest-report-Pagekit-CMS.pdf

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95806

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41143/

https://securelayer7.net/download/poc/password-reset-vulnerability-exploit-ruby-pagekit-cms.rb.txt

https://github.com/pagekit/pagekit/commit/e0454f9c037c427a5ff76a57e78dbf8cc00c268b

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-01-25

Updated: 2025-04-20

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.09424