Resource exhaustion in wtcms - CVE-2019-8909
Published: September 24, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU21310
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-8909
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: taosir
Affected software:
wtcms
wtcms
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to the background verification code size can be controlled. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted dimensions for the verification code image, trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-8909
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.