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CVE-2019-17605 json

A mass assignment vulnerability in eyecomms eyeCMS through 2019-10-15 allows any candidate to take over another candidate's account (by als…

published 7y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2019-7931

cvss
8.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.1%
EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 65%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A mass assignment vulnerability in eyecomms eyeCMS through 2019-10-15 allows any candidate to take over another candidate's account (by also exploiting CVE-2019-17604) via a modified candidate id and an additional password parameter. The outcome is that the password of this other candidate is changed.

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Exploit prediction

1.08% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 65% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • gist.github.com https://gist.github.com/AhMyth/6d9c5e15d943dd092ccca19fca8d5d37 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-639 Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.