What is CVE-2017-15970?

CVE-2017-15970 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Phpcityportal, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-10-29.

How severe is CVE-2017-15970?

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

SQL Injection in Phpcityportal

CVE-2017-15970

PHP CityPortal 2.0 allows SQL Injection via the nid parameter to index.php in a page=news action, or the cat parameter.

Vulnerability class: SQL Injection

Published 2017-10-29 · 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: 0.022 (82.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-24.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 82nd percentile — 82.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.022 · newest: 0.022 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Phpcityportal — versions 2.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-89 — SQL Injection

References

packetstormsecurity.com/files/144440/PHP-CityPortal-2.0-SQL-Injection.html (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43089/ (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-15970?: CVE-2017-15970 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Phpcityportal, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-10-29.
How severe is CVE-2017-15970?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.