What is CVE-2017-16754?

CVE-2017-16754 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Boltcms Bolt, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2017-11-10.

How severe is CVE-2017-16754?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Boltcms Bolt

CVE-2017-16754

Bolt before 3.3.6 does not properly restrict access to _profiler routes, related to EventListener/ProfilerListener.php and Provider/EventListenerServiceProvider.php.

Published 2017-11-10 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.018 (77.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 77th percentile — 77.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.018 · newest: 0.018 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Boltcms Bolt

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-732 — Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

References

github.com/bolt/bolt/commit/aa21787241945457a2e4abc8b079672935fe0840 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/101777 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
github.com/bolt/bolt/releases/tag/v3.3.6 (Third Party Advisory, Release Notes)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-16754?: CVE-2017-16754 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Boltcms Bolt, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2017-11-10.
How severe is CVE-2017-16754?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.