What is CVE-2017-20178?

CVE-2017-20178 is a low-severity vulnerability in Codiad, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 3.1/10. Published 2023-02-21.

How severe is CVE-2017-20178?

Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.1 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Codiad

CVE-2017-20178

** UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED ** A vulnerability was found in Codiad 2.8.0. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function saveJSON of the file components/install/process.php. The manipulation of the argument data leads to information disclosure. The attack may be launched remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation is known to be difficult. Upgrading to version 2.8.1 is able to address this issue. The patch is identified as 517119de673e62547ee472a730be0604f44342b5. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. VDB-221498 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published 2023-02-21 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 3.1 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (50.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 51st percentile — 50.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Codiad — versions 2.8.0
Codiad — versions 2.8.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

vuldb.com/ (technical-description, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
vuldb.com/ (signature, Permissions Required, permissions-required, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/Codiad/Codiad/pull/974 (issue-tracking, Patch, Issue Tracking)
github.com/Codiad/Codiad/commit/517119de673e62547ee472a730be0604f44342b5 (Patch, patch)
github.com/Codiad/Codiad/releases/tag/v.2.8.1 (Release Notes, patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-20178?: CVE-2017-20178 is a low-severity vulnerability in Codiad, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 3.1/10. Published 2023-02-21.
How severe is CVE-2017-20178?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.1 out of 10.