What is CVE-2017-16631?

CVE-2017-16631 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sapphireims, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2021-08-11.

How severe is CVE-2017-16631?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Sapphireims

CVE-2017-16631

In SapphireIMS 4097_1, a guest user is able to change the password of an administrative user by utilizing an Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR) in the "Account Password Reset" functionality.

Published 2021-08-11 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (49.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 49th percentile — 49.0% 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

Sapphireims — versions 4097_1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-732 — Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

References

vuln.shellcoder.party/tags/sapphireims/ (Third Party Advisory)
vuln.shellcoder.party/2020/07/18/cve-2017-16631-sapphireims-idor-on-password-re… (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-16631?: CVE-2017-16631 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sapphireims, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2021-08-11.
How severe is CVE-2017-16631?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.