SCA: security update for silverstripe/cms (GHSA-fwhr-g5r4-xgxf)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 433512

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- Response discrepancy in the login and password reset forms in SilverStripe CMS before 3.5.5 and 3.6.x
before 3.6.1 allows remote attackers to enumerate users via timing attacks. (CVE-2017-12849)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-fwhr-g5r4-xgxf

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 433512

Version: Revision 1.2

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/19/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-12849

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/17/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/12/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-12849

cwe: CWE-200