SB2018080501 - Resource exhaustion in phpcms.de phpCMS



SB2018080501 - Resource exhaustion in phpcms.de phpCMS

Published: August 5, 2018 Updated: August 8, 2020

Security Bulletin ID SB2018080501
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.


1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-14940)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

PHPCMS 9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via large font_size, height, and width parameters in an api.php?op=checkcode request.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.