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)

Published 2017-05-23 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.016 (74.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 75th percentile — 74.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.016 · newest: 0.016 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Sitecore Crm — versions 8.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

research.aurainfosec.io/disclosures/2017-05-18-sitecore/ (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

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.