What is CVE-2017-15579?

CVE-2017-15579 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Phpsugar PHP Melody, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-10-18.

How severe is CVE-2017-15579?

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

SQL Injection in Phpsugar PHP Melody

CVE-2017-15579

In PHPSUGAR PHP Melody before 2.7.3, SQL Injection exists via an aa_pages_per_page cookie in a playlist action to watch.php.

Vulnerability class: SQL Injection

Published 2017-10-18 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.015 (73.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 73rd percentile — 73.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.015 · newest: 0.015 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Phpsugar PHP Melody

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-89 — SQL Injection

References

www.phpsugar.com/blog/2017/10/php-melody-v2-7-3-maintenance-release/ (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/3464 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-15579?: CVE-2017-15579 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Phpsugar PHP Melody, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-10-18.
How severe is CVE-2017-15579?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.