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)
Published · last modified .
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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.021 (80.6th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 81st percentile — 80.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.021 · newest: 0.021 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- vuldb.com/ (technical-description, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- vuldb.com/ (signature, permissions-required, Third Party Advisory)
- github.com/exciting-io/printer/issues/56 (issue-tracking, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- github.com/exciting-io/printer/commit/5f8c715d6e2cc000f621a6833f0a86a673462136 (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.