What is CVE-2017-3098?

CVE-2017-3098 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Adobe Captivate, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-06-20.

How severe is CVE-2017-3098?

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

Improper input validation in Adobe Captivate

CVE-2017-3098

Adobe Captivate versions 9 and earlier have a remote code execution vulnerability in the quiz reporting feature that could be abused to read and write arbitrary files to the server.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

Published 2017-06-20 · 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: 0.069 (93.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 94th percentile — 93.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.069 · newest: 0.069 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Adobe Captivate
Adobe Captivate 9 And Earlier. — versions Adobe Captivate 9 and earlier.

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

helpx.adobe.com/security/products/captivate/apsb17-19.html (Vendor Advisory)
www.securitytracker.com/id/1038657 (vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-3098?: CVE-2017-3098 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Adobe Captivate, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-06-20.
How severe is CVE-2017-3098?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.