What is CVE-2017-17793?

CVE-2017-17793 is a high-severity vulnerability in Blogotext Project, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-12-20.

How severe is CVE-2017-17793?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2017-17793 known to be exploited?

4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Information disclosure in Blogotext Project

CVE-2017-17793

Information Disclosure vulnerability in creer_fichier_zip in admin/maintenance.php in BlogoText through 3.7.6 allows remote attackers to defeat a filename-randomization protection mechanism, and read backup archives on Windows servers, by providing the archiv~1.zip name (aka an 8.3 filename).

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

EPSS: 0.019 (77.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Blogotext_project Blogotext
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-17793?: CVE-2017-17793 is a high-severity vulnerability in Blogotext Project, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-12-20.
How severe is CVE-2017-17793?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-17793 known to be exploited?: 4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.