What is CVE-2017-5966?

CVE-2017-5966 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sitecore Crm, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 4.9/10. Published 2017-05-23.

How severe is CVE-2017-5966?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.9 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Sitecore Crm

CVE-2017-5966

Sitecore CRM 8.1 Rev 151207 allows remote authenticated administrators to read arbitrary files via an absolute path traversal attack on sitecore/shell/download.aspx with the file parameter.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.016 (73.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Sitecore Crm — versions 8.1
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-5966?: CVE-2017-5966 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sitecore Crm, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 4.9/10. Published 2017-05-23.
How severe is CVE-2017-5966?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.9 out of 10.