What is CVE-2017-7280?

CVE-2017-7280 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Unitrends Enterprise Backup, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-04-12.

How severe is CVE-2017-7280?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2017-7280 known to be exploited?

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

Improper input validation in Unitrends Enterprise Backup

CVE-2017-7280

An issue was discovered in api/includes/systems.php in Unitrends Enterprise Backup before 9.0.0. User input is not properly filtered before being sent to a popen function. This allows for remote code execution by sending a specially crafted user variable.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

Published 2017-04-12 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.062 (93.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 93rd percentile — 93.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.062 · newest: 0.062 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Unitrends Enterprise Backup

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

rhinosecuritylabs.com/research/remote-code-execution-bug-hunting-chapter-1/ (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-7280?: CVE-2017-7280 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Unitrends Enterprise Backup, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-04-12.
How severe is CVE-2017-7280?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-7280 known to be exploited?: 9 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.