What is CVE-2017-1000497?

CVE-2017-1000497 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Pepperminty-Wiki Project, classified under Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE). CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-01-03.

How severe is CVE-2017-1000497?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

XXE in Pepperminty-Wiki Project

CVE-2017-1000497

Pepperminty-Wiki version 0.15 is vulnerable to XXE attacks in the getsvgsize function resulting in denial of service and possibly remote code execution

Vulnerability class: XXE (XML External Entity)

EPSS: 0.025 (83.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Pepperminty-wiki_project Pepperminty-wiki — versions 0.15
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-611 — Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE)

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-1000497?: CVE-2017-1000497 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Pepperminty-Wiki Project, classified under Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE). CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-01-03.
How severe is CVE-2017-1000497?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.