# CVE-2022-45003: Gophish through 0.12.1 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted payload involving autofocus.

- Also known as: GHSA-8GG8-WR4J-V2WR
- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Published: 2023-03-22 · Updated: 2025-02-25

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- github.com/gophish/gophish (Go): through 0.12.1

## Description

Gophish through 0.12.1 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted payload involving autofocus.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, github.com/gophish/gophish, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/gophish/gophish/releases/tag/v0.12.1
- https://pastebin.com/z5MD3z8c
- https://github.com/mha98/CVE-2022-45003

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