CVE-2024-42849
An issue in Silverpeas v.6.4.2 and lower allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service...
An issue in Silverpeas v.6.4.2 and lower allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via the password change function.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
An issue in Silverpeas v.6.4.2 and lower allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via the password change function.
- Record
CVE-2024-42849- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-400
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-39811
An issue in Silverpeas v.6.4.2 and lower allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via the password change function.
- Record
EUVD-2024-39811- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-3cw2-m32h-hqj9
An issue in Silverpeas v.6.4.2 and lower allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service...
An issue in Silverpeas v.6.4.2 and lower allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via the password change function.
- Record
GHSA-3cw2-m32h-hqj9- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-400
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
An issue in Silverpeas v.6.4.2 and lower allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via the password change function.
- Record
CVE-2024-42849- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-400
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
An issue in Silverpeas v.6.4.2 and lower allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via the password change function.
- Record
CVE-2024-42849- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| PoC in GitHub | njmbb8/CVE-2024-42849 | 2024-08-15 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV, PoC in GitHub |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-42849 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Silverpeas, published August 16, 2024. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.22%, the 68th percentile. No source names a fixed version.