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

EPSS: 0.002 (47.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Accellion File_transfer_appliance
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-93 — CRLF Injection

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

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.