RCE in Exciting Printer
CVE-2017-20156
A vulnerability was found in Exciting Printer and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file lib/printer/jobs/prepare_page.rb of the component Argument Handler. The manipulation of the argument URL leads to command injection. The patch is named 5f8c715d6e2cc000f621a6833f0a86a673462136. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-217139.
Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)
EPSS: 0.021 (79.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.
Affected products
- Exciting Printer — versions n/a
- Printer_project Printer
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cna@vuldb.com (technical-description, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- cna@vuldb.com (signature, permissions-required, Third Party Advisory)
- cna@vuldb.com (issue-tracking, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- cna@vuldb.com (Patch, patch)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-20156?
- CVE-2017-20156 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Exciting Printer, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2022-12-31.
- How severe is CVE-2017-20156?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2017-20156 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.