What is CVE-2017-16896?

CVE-2017-16896 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Tt-Rss Tiny Rss, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-11-20.

How severe is CVE-2017-16896?

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

SQL Injection in Tt-Rss Tiny Rss

CVE-2017-16896

A SQL injection in classes/handler/public.php in the forgotpass component of Tiny Tiny RSS 17.4 exists via the login parameter.

Vulnerability class: SQL Injection

Published 2017-11-20 · 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 (72.9th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 73rd percentile — 72.9% 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

Tt-Rss Tiny Rss — versions 17.4

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-89 — SQL Injection

References

git.tt-rss.org/git/tt-rss/commit/2352c320c2ed34ec7df1ad22f0c55a1b26489815 (Patch)
discourse.tt-rss.org/t/sql-injection-in-forgotpass-fixed/669 (Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-16896?: CVE-2017-16896 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Tt-Rss Tiny Rss, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-11-20.
How severe is CVE-2017-16896?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.