What is CVE-2017-10961?

CVE-2017-10961 is a high-severity vulnerability in Vanderbilt Redcap, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2017-07-18.

How severe is CVE-2017-10961?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

CSRF in Vanderbilt Redcap

CVE-2017-10961

REDCap before 7.5.1 has CSRF in the deletion feature of the File Repository and File Upload components.

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

Published 2017-07-18 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (44.9th percentile), scored 2026-10-07.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 45th percentile — 44.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Vanderbilt Redcap

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-352 — Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

References

community.projectredcap.org/articles/13/changelog-standard-release.html (Permissions Required)
gist.github.com/jordanpotti/fef4f1ada404d5ba7f88ab42e93cdaae (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-10961?: CVE-2017-10961 is a high-severity vulnerability in Vanderbilt Redcap, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2017-07-18.
How severe is CVE-2017-10961?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.