What is CVE-2017-5615?

CVE-2017-5615 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cpanel Cgiecho, classified under URL Redirection to Untrusted Site (Open Redirect). CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-03-03.

How severe is CVE-2017-5615?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

Is CVE-2017-5615 known to be exploited?

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

Open Redirect in Cpanel Cgiecho

CVE-2017-5615

cgiemail and cgiecho allow remote attackers to inject HTTP headers via a newline character in the redirect location.

Vulnerability class: Open Redirect

Published 2017-03-03 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (65.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 65th percentile — 65.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-601 — URL Redirection to Untrusted Site (Open Redirect)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cvemon

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/95870 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
news.cpanel.com/tsr-2017-0001-full-disclosure/ (Vendor Advisory)
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/28/8 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-5615?: CVE-2017-5615 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cpanel Cgiecho, classified under URL Redirection to Untrusted Site (Open Redirect). CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-03-03.
How severe is CVE-2017-5615?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-5615 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.