PT-2018-12816
CVE-2018-14940
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Published
2018-08-05
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Updated
2019-10-03
Description by
CVSS 3.1
7.5
HighMetricsAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
PHPCMS version 9
Description
The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, specifically resource consumption, by sending a request to the "api.php?op=checkcode" endpoint with large values for the
font size, height, and width parameters.Recommendations
For PHPCMS version 9, consider restricting access to the "api.php?op=checkcode" endpoint or limiting the values that can be passed for the
font size, height, and width parameters to prevent denial of service attacks.Exploitability
Exploit
Fix
Impacts
Vendors
Affected products
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