CVE-2017-16756

HighCVSS 8.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 8.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-352

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

https://ruby.sh/helpspot-disclosure-20180206.txtExploit, Third Party Advisory
https://www.helpspot.com/releasesVendor Advisory
https://www.helpspot.com/releases/version-4-7-2Vendor Advisory
https://ruby.sh/helpspot-disclosure-20180206.txtExploit, Third Party Advisory
https://www.helpspot.com/releasesVendor Advisory
https://www.helpspot.com/releases/version-4-7-2Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Feb 19, 2018
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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