CVE-2017-18195

Public Exploit

Description

An issue was discovered in tools/conversations/view_ajax.php in Concrete5 before 8.3.0. An unauthenticated user can enumerate comments from all blog posts by POSTing requests to /index.php/tools/required/conversations/view_ajax with incremental 'cnvID' integers.

5.3

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 3.1 •

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 3.67% Top 15%

Third-Party Advisory github.com Third-Party Advisory github.com Third-Party Advisory github.com Third-Party Advisory exploit-db.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
https://github.com/r3naissance/NSE/blob/master/http-vuln-cve2017-18195.nse	third party advisory exploit
https://github.com/concrete5/concrete5/pull/6008/files	third party advisory patch
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44194/	exploit vdb entry third party advisory
https://github.com/concrete5/concrete5/releases/tag/8.3.0	third party advisory release notes

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2017-18195?: CVE-2017-18195 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2017-18195?: To fix CVE-2017-18195, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2017-18195 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2017-18195 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~4% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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