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CVE-2017-16756

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2018-02-19 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-352

Description

An issue was discovered in Userscape HelpSpot before 4.7.2. A cross-site request forgery vulnerability exists on POST requests to the "index.php?pg=password.change" endpoint. This allows an attacker to change the password of another user's HelpSpot account.

Affected products

• Userscape Helpspot: through 4.7.1

References

• https://ruby.sh/helpspot-disclosure-20180206.txt
• https://www.helpspot.com/releases
• https://www.helpspot.com/releases/version-4-7-2
• https://ruby.sh/helpspot-disclosure-20180206.txt
• https://www.helpspot.com/releases
• https://www.helpspot.com/releases/version-4-7-2

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