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Vulnerability record · CVE-2017-5594 · published 25 January 2017

CVE-2017-5594: Pagekit weak password recovery vulnerability

PPagekit · Pagekit

An issue was discovered in Pagekit CMS before 1.0.11. In this vulnerability the remote attacker is able to reset the registered user's password, when the debug toolbar is enabled. The password is successfully recovered using this exploit. The SecureLayer7 ID is SL7_PGKT_01.

7.5 CVSS 3.1 High EPSS 7.0% · top 6.0% CWE-640 · Weak password recovery
7.5CVSS 3.1 base score, v2 4.3
7.0%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
10References, 4 tagged exploit
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

An issue was discovered in Pagekit CMS before 1.0.11. In this vulnerability the remote attacker is able to reset the registered user's password, when the debug toolbar is enabled. The password is successfully recovered using this exploit. The SecureLayer7 ID is SL7_PGKT_01.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95806 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://github.com/pagekit/pagekit/commit/e0454f9c037c427a5ff76a57e78dbf8cc00c268b Patch
https://securelayer7.net/download/pdf/SecureLayer7-Pentest-report-Pagekit-CMS.pdf Technical DescriptionThird Party Advisory
https://securelayer7.net/download/poc/password-reset-vulnerability-exploit-ruby-pagekit-cms.rb.txt ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41143/ ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95806 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://github.com/pagekit/pagekit/commit/e0454f9c037c427a5ff76a57e78dbf8cc00c268b Patch
https://securelayer7.net/download/pdf/SecureLayer7-Pentest-report-Pagekit-CMS.pdf Technical DescriptionThird Party Advisory
https://securelayer7.net/download/poc/password-reset-vulnerability-exploit-ruby-pagekit-cms.rb.txt ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41143/ ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2017-5594), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.