Auth bypass in Dnatools Dnalims

CVE-2017-6526

An issue was discovered in dnaTools dnaLIMS 4-2015s13. dnaLIMS is vulnerable to unauthenticated command execution through an improperly protected administrative web shell (cgi-bin/dna/sysAdmin.cgi POST requests).

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

EPSS: 0.837 (99.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-6526?
CVE-2017-6526 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Dnatools Dnalims, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-03-09.
How severe is CVE-2017-6526?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-6526 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.