What is CVE-2017-17735?

CVE-2017-17735 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Cmsmadesimple Cms Made Simple, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-12-18.

How severe is CVE-2017-17735?

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

Information disclosure in Cmsmadesimple Cms Made Simple

CVE-2017-17735

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Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published 2017-12-18 · 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: 0.011 (63.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 64th percentile — 63.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Cmsmadesimple Cms Made Simple

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

forum.cmsmadesimple.org/viewtopic.php (Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
www.cmsmadesimple.org/2017/12/Announcing-CMSMS-v2.2.5-Wawa (Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-17735?: CVE-2017-17735 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Cmsmadesimple Cms Made Simple, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-12-18.
How severe is CVE-2017-17735?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.