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CVE-2017-9673 — In SimpleCE 2

In SimpleCE 2.3.0, a CSRF vulnerability can be exploited to add an administrator account (via the index.php/user/new URI) or change its settings (via the index.php/user/1 URI), including its password.

CVSS
8.8 HIGH
EPSS
0.13% (top 67.90%)
CWE
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Published
2017-06-15T18:29:00.207
Last modified
2026-05-13T00:24:29.033
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

01What is this vulnerability?

In SimpleCE 2.3.0, a CSRF vulnerability can be exploited to add an administrator account (via the index.php/user/new URI) or change its settings (via the index.php/user/1 URI), including its password.

02Affected products

No structured affected-product list available — see references below for vendor advisories.

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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