What is CVE-2017-6529?

CVE-2017-6529 is a high-severity vulnerability in Dnatools Dnalims, classified under Insufficient Session Expiration. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2017-03-09.

How severe is CVE-2017-6529?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Dnatools Dnalims

CVE-2017-6529

An issue was discovered in dnaTools dnaLIMS 4-2015s13. dnaLIMS is vulnerable to session hijacking by guessing the UID parameter.

Published 2017-03-09 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.029 (86.5th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 86th percentile — 86.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.029 · newest: 0.029 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Dnatools Dnalims — versions 4-2015s13

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-613 — Insufficient Session Expiration

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/96823 (vdb-entry)
www.shorebreaksecurity.com/blog/product-security-advisory-psa0002-dnalims/ (Technical Description, Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41578/ (exploit)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-6529?: CVE-2017-6529 is a high-severity vulnerability in Dnatools Dnalims, classified under Insufficient Session Expiration. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2017-03-09.
How severe is CVE-2017-6529?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.