CVE-2017-16756: Userscape Helpspot

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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: up to and including 4.7.1

Published 2018-02-19. Last modified 2026-06-17.