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CVE-2023-40762

Status: ModifiedCritical (9.8)—

User enumeration is found in PHPJabbers Fundraising Script v1.0. This issue occurs during password recovery, where a difference in messages could allow an attacker to determine if the user is valid or not, enabling a brute force attack with valid users.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

Phpjabbers — Fundraising Script

CWEs

References

Raw JSON (NVD)

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