What is CVE-2017-8788?

CVE-2017-8788 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Accellion File Transfer Appliance, classified under CRLF Injection. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-05-05.

How severe is CVE-2017-8788?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Accellion File Transfer Appliance

CVE-2017-8788

An issue was discovered on Accellion FTA devices before FTA_9_12_180. There is a CRLF vulnerability in settings_global_text_edit.php allowing ?display=x%0Dnewline attacks.

Vulnerability class: CRLF Injection

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (50.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 51st percentile — 50.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Accellion File Transfer Appliance

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-93 — CRLF Injection

References

gist.github.com/anonymous/32e2894fa29176f3f32cb2b2bb7c24cb (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-8788?: CVE-2017-8788 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Accellion File Transfer Appliance, classified under CRLF Injection. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-05-05.
How severe is CVE-2017-8788?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.