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critical 9.8

CVE-2017-8303 in the critical feed json

An issue was discovered on Accellion FTA devices before FTA_9_12_180.

published 9y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2017-17264

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
24.2%
EPSS 24.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An issue was discovered on Accellion FTA devices before FTA_9_12_180. seos/1000/find.api allows Remote Code Execution with shell metacharacters in the method parameter.

Patch / fix

  • accellion file_transfer_appliance 9_12_180

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Exploit prediction

24.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • gist.github.com https://gist.github.com/anonymous/32e2894fa29176f3f32cb2b2bb7c24cb referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-116 Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output

References

Sources

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